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Comb :: Comb (n.) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser..

Hub :: Hub (n.) A screw hob. See Hob, 3..

Archimedes :: Archimedes (n.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

Doublethreaded :: Doublethreaded (a.) Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.

Vane :: Vane (n.) Any flat, extended surface attached to an axis and moved by the wind; as, the vane of a windmill; hence, a similar fixture of any form moved in or by water, air, or other fluid; as, the vane of a screw propeller, a fan blower, an anemometer, etc..

Bottlescrew :: Bottlescrew (n.) A corkscrew.

Strombus :: Strombuliform (a.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.

Worm :: Worm (n.) The thread of a screw.

Screw :: Screw (n.) An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and commonly of good appearance..

Wash :: Wash (n.) The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc..

Screw :: Screw (v. t.) To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage..

Turn-buckle :: Turn-buckle (n.) A loop or sleeve with a screw thread at one end and a swivel at the other, -- used for tightening a rod, stay, etc..

Screw :: Screw (n.) A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.

Screw :: Screw (n.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand..

Screw :: Screw (v. t.) To examine rigidly, as a student; to subject to a severe examination..

Clamp :: Clamp (n.) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.

Screw :: Screw (n.) Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below..

Tap :: Tap (v. t.) To form an internal screw in (anything) by means of a tool called a tap; as, to tap a nut..

Pitch :: Pitch (n.) The length, measured along the axis, of a complete turn of the thread of a screw, or of the helical lines of the blades of a screw propeller..

Screw-cutting :: Screw-cutting (a.) Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe..

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