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Archi-
(gcide)		Archi- \Ar"chi-\ [L., archi-, Gr. 'archi-, a prefix which is
from the same root as 'a`rchein to be first, to begin; 'archh
the first place, beginning; 'archo`s chief. Cf. AS. arce-,
erce-, OHG. erzi-, G. erz-.]
A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect,
archiepiscopal. In (Biol.) and (Anat.) it usually means
primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the
primitive fin or wing.
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architect
(mass)		architect
- architekt
architecture
(mass)		architecture
- architektúra
archive
(mass)		archive
- archývny, archív
archiver
(mass)		archiver
- archivátor
archives
(mass)		archives
- archív
heartsearching
(mass)		heart-searching
- hľadanie
searching
(mass)		searching
- hľadanie
Anarchic
(gcide)		Anarchic \A*nar"chic\, Anarchical \A*nar"chic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
anarchique.]
Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in
political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic
despotism; anarchical opinions.
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Anarchical
(gcide)		Anarchic \A*nar"chic\, Anarchical \A*nar"chic*al\, a. [Cf. F.
anarchique.]
Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in
political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic
despotism; anarchical opinions.
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Anarchism
(gcide)		Anarchism \An"arch*ism\, n. [Cf. F. anarchisme.]
The doctrine or practice of anarchists.
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Anarchist
(gcide)		Anarchist \An"arch*ist\, n. [Cf. F. anarchiste.]
An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow
of civil government.
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Anarchize
(gcide)		Anarchize \An"arch*ize\, v. t.
To reduce to anarchy.
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Antarchism
(gcide)		Antarchism \Ant*ar"chism\, n. [Pref. anti- + Gr. ? government.]
Opposition to government in general. [R.]
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Antarchist
(gcide)		Antarchist \Ant*ar"chist\, n.
One who opposes all government. [R.]
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Antarchistic
(gcide)		Antarchistic \Ant`ar*chis"tic\, Antarchistical
\Ant`ar*chis"tic*al\, a.
Opposed to all human government. [R.]
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Antarchistical
(gcide)		Antarchistic \Ant`ar*chis"tic\, Antarchistical
\Ant`ar*chis"tic*al\, a.
Opposed to all human government. [R.]
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Antimonarchic
(gcide)		Antimonarchic \An`ti*mo*nar"chic\, Antimonarchical
\An`ti*mo*nar"chic*al\,
Opposed to monarchial government. --Bp. Benson. Addison.
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Antimonarchical
(gcide)		Antimonarchic \An`ti*mo*nar"chic\, Antimonarchical
\An`ti*mo*nar"chic*al\,
Opposed to monarchial government. --Bp. Benson. Addison.
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Antimonarchist
(gcide)		Antimonarchist \An`ti*mon"arch*ist\, n.
An enemy to monarchial government.
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arced arched arching arciform arcuate bowed
(gcide)		curved \curved\ adj.
1. not straight; having or marked by curves. Opposite of
straight.

Note: [Narrower terms: {arced, arched, arching, arciform,
arcuate, bowed}; falcate, sickle-shaped; flexuous;
incurvate, incurved: recurved, recurvate;
semicircular: serpentine, snaky: {sinuate, sinuous,
wavy}: sinusoidal]

Syn: curving.
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2. (Botany) curved with the micropyle near the base almost
touching its stalk; -- of a plant ovule. Opposite of
orthotropous.

Syn: campylotropous.
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Archiannelida
(gcide)		Archiannelida \Ar`chi*an*nel"i*da\, n. pl. [NL.; pref. archi- +
annelida.] (Zool.)
A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external
segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.
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Archiater
(gcide)		Archiater \Ar"chi*a`ter\, n. [L. archiatrus, Gr. ?; pref. ? + ?
physician, ? to heal.]
Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of
Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the
first physician of some cities. --P. Cyc.
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Archibald wheel
(gcide)		Archibald wheel \Ar"chi*bald wheel\
A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp.
adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars.
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Archiblastula
(gcide)		Archiblastula \Ar`chi*blas"tu*la\, n. [Pref. archi + blastula.]
(Biol.)
A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a
c[oe]loblastula.
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Archibuteo ferrugineus
(gcide)		Squirrel \Squir"rel\ (skw[~e]r"r[e^]l or skw[i^]r"-; 277), n.
[OE. squirel, OF. esquirel, escurel, F. ['e]cureuil, LL.
squirelus, squirolus, scuriolus, dim. of L. sciurus, Gr.
si`oyros; skia` shade + o'yra` tail. Cf. Shine, v. i.]
1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small rodents
belonging to the genus Sciurus and several allied genera
of the family Sciuridae. Squirrels generally have a
bushy tail, large erect ears, and strong hind legs. They
are commonly arboreal in their habits, but many species
live in burrows.
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Note: Among the common North American squirrels are the gray
squirrel (Sciurus Carolinensis) and its black
variety; the fox, or cat, squirrel (Sciurus cinereus,
or Sciurus niger) which is a large species, and
variable in color, the southern variety being
frequently black, while the northern and western
varieties are usually gray or rusty brown; the red
squirrel (see Chickaree); the striped, or chipping,
squirrel (see Chipmunk); and the California gray
squirrel (Sciurus fossor). Several other species
inhabit Mexico and Central America. The common European
species (Sciurus vulgaris) has a long tuft of hair on
each ear. The so-called Australian squirrels are
marsupials. See Petaurist, and Phalanger.
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2. One of the small rollers of a carding machine which work
with the large cylinder.
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Barking squirrel (Zool.), the prairie dog.

Federation squirrel (Zool.), the striped gopher. See
Gopher, 2.

Flying squirrel (Zool.). See Flying squirrel, in the
Vocabulary.

Java squirrel. (Zool.). See Jelerang.

Squirrel corn (Bot.), a North American herb ({Dicentra
Canadensis}) bearing little yellow tubers.

Squirrel cup (Bot.), the blossom of the Hepatica triloba,
a low perennial herb with cup-shaped flowers varying from
purplish blue to pink or even white. It is one of the
earliest flowers of spring.

Squirrel fish. (Zool.)
(a) A sea bass (Serranus fascicularis) of the Southern
United States.
(b) The sailor's choice (Diplodus rhomboides).
(c) The redmouth, or grunt.
(d) A market fish of Bermuda (Holocentrum Ascensione).


Squirrel grass (Bot.), a pestiferous grass ({Hordeum
murinum}) related to barley. In California the stiffly
awned spikelets work into the wool of sheep, and into the
throat, flesh, and eyes of animals, sometimes even
producing death.

Squirrel hake (Zool.), a common American hake ({Phycis
tenuis}); -- called also white hake.

Squirrel hawk (Zool.), any rough-legged hawk; especially,
the California species Archibuteo ferrugineus.

Squirrel monkey. (Zool.)
(a) Any one of several species of small, soft-haired South
American monkeys of the genus Callithrix. They are
noted for their graceful form and agility. See
Teetee.
(b) A marmoset.

Squirrel petaurus (Zool.), a flying phalanger of Australia.
See Phalanger, Petaurist, and Flying phalanger under
Flying.

Squirrel shrew (Zool.), any one of several species of East
Indian and Asiatic insectivores of the genus Tupaia.
They are allied to the shrews, but have a bushy tail, like
that of a squirrel.

Squirrel-tail grass (Bot.), a grass (Hordeum jubatum)
found in salt marshes and along the Great Lakes, having a
dense spike beset with long awns.
[1913 Webster]Roughleg \Rough"leg`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus
Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called
also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.
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Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of
Northern Europe, with its darker American variety
(Sancti-johannis). The latter is often nearly or
quite black. The ferruginous roughleg ({Archibuteo
ferrugineus}) inhabits Western North America.
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Archibuteo lagopus
(gcide)		Roughleg \Rough"leg`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large hawks of the genus
Archibuteo, having the legs feathered to the toes. Called
also rough-legged hawk, and rough-legged buzzard.
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Note: The best known species is Archibuteo lagopus of
Northern Europe, with its darker American variety
(Sancti-johannis). The latter is often nearly or
quite black. The ferruginous roughleg ({Archibuteo
ferrugineus}) inhabits Western North America.
[1913 Webster]Hawk \Hawk\ (h[add]k), n. [OE. hauk (prob. fr. Icel.), havek,
AS. hafoc, heafoc; akin to D. havik, OHG. habuh, G. habicht,
Icel. haukr, Sw. h["o]k, Dan. h["o]g, prob. from the root of
E. heave.] (Zool.)
One of numerous species and genera of rapacious birds of the
family Falconid[ae]. They differ from the true falcons in
lacking the prominent tooth and notch of the bill, and in
having shorter and less pointed wings. Many are of large size
and grade into the eagles. Some, as the goshawk, were
formerly trained like falcons. In a more general sense the
word is not infrequently applied, also, to true falcons, as
the sparrow hawk, pigeon hawk, duck hawk, and prairie hawk.
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Note: Among the common American species are the red-tailed
hawk (Buteo borealis); the red-shouldered ({Buteo
lineatus}); the broad-winged (Buteo Pennsylvanicus);
the rough-legged (Archibuteo lagopus); the
sharp-shinned (Accipiter fuscus). See Fishhawk,
Goshawk, Marsh hawk, under Marsh, Night hawk,
under Night.
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Bee hawk (Zool.), the honey buzzard.

Eagle hawk. See under Eagle.

Hawk eagle (Zool.), an Asiatic bird of the genus
Spiz[ae]tus, or Limn[ae]tus, intermediate between the
hawks and eagles. There are several species.

Hawk fly (Zool.), a voracious fly of the family
Asilid[ae]. See Hornet fly, under Hornet.

Hawk moth. (Zool.) See Hawk moth, in the Vocabulary.

Hawk owl. (Zool.)
(a) A northern owl (Surnia ulula) of Europe and America. It
flies by day, and in some respects resembles the hawks.
(b) An owl of India (Ninox scutellatus).

Hawk's bill (Horology), the pawl for the rack, in the
striking mechanism of a clock.
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Archical
(gcide)		Archical \Ar"chi*cal\, a. [Gr. 'archiko`s able to govern, fr.
'archh` beginning, government. See Arch-, pref.]
Chief; primary; primordial. [Obs.] --Cudworth.
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Archidiaconal
(gcide)		Archidiaconal \Ar`chi*di*ac"o*nal\, a. [L. archidiaconus, Gr. ?,
equiv. to E. archdeacon.]
Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.
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This offense is liable to be censured in an
archidiaconal visitation. --Johnson.
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Archiepiscopacy
(gcide)		Archiepiscopacy \Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pa*cy\, n. [Pref. archi- +
episcopacy.]
1. That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the
hands of archbishops.
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2. The state or dignity of an archbishop.
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Archiepiscopal
(gcide)		Archiepiscopal \Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pal\, a. [Pref. archi- +
episcopal.]
Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an
archiepiscopal see.
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Archiepiscopality
(gcide)		Archiepiscopality \Ar`chi*e*pis`co*pal"i*ty\, n.
The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy.
--Fuller.
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Archiepiscopate
(gcide)		Archiepiscopate \Ar`chi*e*pis"co*pate\, n. [Pref. archi- +
episcopate.]
The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.
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Archierey
(gcide)		Archierey \Ar*chi"e*rey\, n. [Russ. archier['e]i, fr. Gr.
'archierey`s; pref. 'archi- (E. arch-) + "ierey`s priest.]
The higher order of clergy in Russia, including
metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops. --Pinkerton.
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Archil
(gcide)		Archil \Ar"chil\ (?; 277), n. [OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella,
oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. Orchil.]
1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen
(Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks
in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc. --Tomlinson.
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2. The plant from which the dye is obtained. [Written also
orchal and orchil.]
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Archilochian
(gcide)		Archilochian \Ar`chi*lo"chi*an\, a. [L. Archilochius.]
Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as,
Archilochian meter.
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Archilute
(gcide)		Archlute \Arch"lute\, Archilute \Arch"i*lute\, n. [Cf. F.
archiluth, It. arciliuto.] (Mus.)
A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use,
having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the
higher strings with a unison.
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Archimage
(gcide)		Archimage \Ar"chi*mage\, Archimagus \Ar`chi*ma"gus\, n. [NL.;
pref. archi- + L. magus, Gr. ?, a Magian.]
1. The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of
fire.
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2. A great magician, wizard, or enchanter. --Spenser.
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Archimagus
(gcide)		Archimage \Ar"chi*mage\, Archimagus \Ar`chi*ma"gus\, n. [NL.;
pref. archi- + L. magus, Gr. ?, a Magian.]
1. The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of
fire.
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2. A great magician, wizard, or enchanter. --Spenser.
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Archimandrite
(gcide)		Archimandrite \Ar`chi*man"drite\, n. [L. archimandrita, LGr. ?;
pref. ? (E. arch-) + ? an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a
fold, a monastery.] (Gr. Church)
(a) A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the
Roman Catholic church.
(b) A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding
to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman
Catholic church.
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Archimedean
(gcide)		Archimedean \Ar`chi*me*de"an\, a. [L. Archimedeus.]
Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek
philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes'
screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.
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Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument,
said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising
water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder
in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an
inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by
causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the
upper end. --Francis.
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Archimedean screw
(gcide)		Archimedean \Ar`chi*me*de"an\, a. [L. Archimedeus.]
Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek
philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes'
screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.
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Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument,
said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising
water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder
in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an
inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by
causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the
upper end. --Francis.
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Archimedes
(gcide)		Archimedes \Ar`chi*me"des\, n. (Paleon.)
An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the
subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.
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Archimedes screw
(gcide)		Screw \Screw\ (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe,
female screw, F. ['e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in
LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a
screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.]
1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a
continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it
spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a
continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, --
used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or
pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of
the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the
threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being
distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more
usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female
screw, or, more usually, the nut.
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Note: The screw, as a mechanical power, is a modification of
the inclined plane, and may be regarded as a
right-angled triangle wrapped round a cylinder, the
hypotenuse of the marking the spiral thread of the
screw, its base equaling the circumference of the
cylinder, and its height the pitch of the thread.
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2. Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a
head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver.
Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to
fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and {screw
nails}. See also Screw bolt, below.
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3. 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.
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4. A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a
screw steamer; a propeller.
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5. An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a niggard.
--Thackeray.
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6. An instructor who examines with great or unnecessary
severity; also, a searching or strict examination of a
student by an instructor. [Cant, American Colleges]
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7. A small packet of tobacco. [Slang] --Mayhew.
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8. An unsound or worn-out horse, useful as a hack, and
commonly of good appearance. --Ld. Lytton.
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9. (Math.) A straight line in space with which a definite
linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated (cf. 5th
Pitch, 10
(b) ). It is used to express the displacement of a rigid
body, which may always be made to consist of a
rotation about an axis combined with a translation
parallel to that axis.
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10. (Zool.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw
(Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
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Archimedes screw, Compound screw, Foot screw, etc. See
under Archimedes, Compound, Foot, etc.

A screw loose, something out of order, so that work is not
done smoothly; as, there is a screw loose somewhere. --H.
Martineau.

Endless screw, or perpetual screw, a screw used to give
motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads
between the teeth of the wheel; -- called also a worm.


Lag screw. See under Lag.

Micrometer screw, a screw with fine threads, used for the
measurement of very small spaces.

Right and left screw, a screw having threads upon the
opposite ends which wind in opposite directions.

Screw alley. See Shaft alley, under Shaft.

Screw bean. (Bot.)
(a) The curious spirally coiled pod of a leguminous tree
(Prosopis pubescens) growing from Texas to
California. It is used for fodder, and ground into
meal by the Indians.
(b) The tree itself. Its heavy hard wood is used for
fuel, for fencing, and for railroad ties.

Screw bolt, a bolt having a screw thread on its shank, in
distinction from a key bolt. See 1st Bolt, 3.

Screw box, a device, resembling a die, for cutting the
thread on a wooden screw.

Screw dock. See under Dock.

Screw engine, a marine engine for driving a screw
propeller.

Screw gear. See Spiral gear, under Spiral.

Screw jack. Same as Jackscrew.

Screw key, a wrench for turning a screw or nut; a spanner
wrench.

Screw machine.
(a) One of a series of machines employed in the
manufacture of wood screws.
(b) A machine tool resembling a lathe, having a number of
cutting tools that can be caused to act on the work
successively, for making screws and other turned
pieces from metal rods.

Screw pine (Bot.), any plant of the endogenous genus
Pandanus, of which there are about fifty species,
natives of tropical lands from Africa to Polynesia; --
named from the spiral arrangement of the pineapple-like
leaves.

Screw plate, a device for cutting threads on small screws,
consisting of a thin steel plate having a series of
perforations with internal screws forming dies.

Screw press, a press in which pressure is exerted by means
of a screw.

Screw propeller, a screw or spiral bladed wheel, used in
the propulsion of steam vessels; also, a steam vessel
propelled by a screw.

Screw shell (Zool.), a long, slender, spiral gastropod
shell, especially of the genus Turritella and allied
genera. See Turritella.

Screw steamer, a steamship propelled by a screw.

Screw thread, the spiral rib which forms a screw.

Screw stone (Paleon.), the fossil stem of an encrinite.

Screw tree (Bot.), any plant of the genus Helicteres,
consisting of about thirty species of tropical shrubs,
with simple leaves and spirally twisted, five-celled
capsules; -- also called twisted-horn, and twisty.

Screw valve, a stop valve which is opened or closed by a
screw.

Screw worm (Zool.), the larva of an American fly
(Compsomyia macellaria), allied to the blowflies, which
sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about
wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results.

Screw wrench.
(a) A wrench for turning a screw.
(b) A wrench with an adjustable jaw that is moved by a
screw.

To put the screws on or To put the screw on, to use
pressure upon, as for the purpose of extortion; to coerce.


To put under the screw or To put under the screws, to
subject to pressure; to force.

Wood screw, a metal screw with a sharp thread of coarse
pitch, adapted to holding fast in wood. See Illust. of
Wood screw, under Wood.
[1913 Webster]Archimedean \Ar`chi*me*de"an\, a. [L. Archimedeus.]
Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek
philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes'
screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.
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Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument,
said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising
water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder
in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an
inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by
causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the
upper end. --Francis.
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