What is the meaning of SCREWS. Phrases containing SCREWS
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Screwsman is slang for a burgler; house−breaker; safe−cracker.
Put pressure on somebody
News of the Screws is British slang for the News of the World newspaper.
Screws is Dorset slang for rheumatism.
To be bad or displeasing; "My brother just wrecked my car. That just screws the badger now don't it!".
Question, get tough with
two padded pouches added to the front of the saddle seat to supplement the swells and help a rider stay in the saddle; designed to be used with slick fork saddles which have very little width to their swells; curved shape conforms to the contour of the saddle; attached to the saddle with saddle strings or screws .
  A burglar versed in screwing
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One who, or that which, screws.
v. t.
To cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl.
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An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
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To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.
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A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.
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A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
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A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
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Either of the ends of the conducting circuit of an electrical apparatus, as an inductorium, dynamo, or electric motor, usually provided with binding screws for the attachment of wires by which a current may be conveyed into or from the machine; a pole.
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A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs or "sides," arranged like the divisions of a melon, the neck, which has nine or ten frets or divisions, and the head, or cross, in which the screws for tuning are inserted. The strings are struck with the right hand, and with the left the stops are pressed.
v. t.
To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
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To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.
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To turn, as a screw; to apply a screw to; to press, fasten, or make firm, by means of a screw or screws; as, to screw a lock on a door; to screw a press.
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A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
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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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