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Propeller-driven sloop-of-war
A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. They were popularized in the mid-19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine and the transition
Screw_sloop
Type of steam-powered warship
Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners were steam-powered warships
Steam_frigate
US Navy screw frigates (1860s–1880s)
Neptune. Vol. 27. Peabody Museum of Salem. 1967. p. 44. "Antietam I (Screw Sloop of War)". Naval History and Heritage Command. Dictionary of American
Java-class_frigate_(1863)
more specific "screw frigate". A gunboat powered by steam propulsion. See "Gunboat". A sloop powered by steam propulsion. See "Sloop" for configuration
Glossary of watercraft types in service of the United States
Glossary_of_watercraft_types_in_service_of_the_United_States
Sloop of the Royal Navy
Rattler was a 9-gun steam screw sloop of the Royal Navy, and one of the first British warships to be completed with screw propulsion. She was originally
HMS_Rattler_(1843)
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HMS Dragon (1878), a 6-gun Doterel-class screw sloop launched in 1878 and sold in 1892. HMS Dragon (1894), a twin-screw Banshee-class torpedo boat destroyer
HMS_Dragon
American naval officer (1844–1919)
Ensign in 1866, the sloop of war USS Juniata, the frigate Sabine in which he was promoted to Lieutenant in 1868, and the screw sloop USS Tuscarora in which
French_Ensor_Chadwick
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Nymphe-class screw sloop launched in 1887 and renamed HMS President in 1911. She was lent away in 1919 and sold in 1821. HMS Marjoram, an Anchusa-class sloop was
HMS_President
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wooden screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861, renamed HMS Circassian in 1862 but cancelled in 1863. HMS Enterprise (1864) was an ironclad sloop ordered
HMS_Enterprise
third-class sloops (1 cancelled), 1839–1841 Alecto (1839) Prometheus (1839) Polyphemus (1840) Ardent (1841) Rattler cancelled, re-ordered as screw sloop 1842
List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
List_of_corvette_and_sloop_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy
United States Navy admiral (1801–1870)
Battle of Port Hudson. May 1863, commanded the screw sloop-of-war USS Monongahela. May 1863, commanded the screw steamer USS Pensacola. July 1863, commanded
David_Farragut
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later became the state of Alaska: USS Alaska (1868), a wooden-hulled screw sloop-of-war in commission from 1869 to 1883 that saw numerous small actions
USS_Alaska
Type of warship
During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system
Sloop-of-war
Sloop-of-war of the United States Navy
The first USS Wyoming of the United States Navy was a wooden-hulled screw sloop that fought on the Union side during the American Civil War. Sent to the
USS_Wyoming_(1859)
Sloop-of-war of the United States Navy
USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England. Housatonic was launched on
USS_Housatonic_(1861)
1864 American Civil War naval battle
68-pound (31 kg) rifled gun. Alabama had been pursued for two years by the screw sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge, under Captain John Winslow. Kearsarge was armed
Battle_of_Cherbourg_(1864)
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USS California may refer to: USS California (1867) was a screw sloop originally named Minnetonka USS California (ACR-6) was a Pennsylvania-class cruiser
USS_California
1892–1976 British colony in the Pacific
1871 by the brig Carl. The screw sloop HMS Dido (1869) also visited the Gilberts in 1873. 1874, in August, the screw sloop HMS Rosario (1860), under Commander
Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands
Submarine of the Confederate States of America
February 1864, Hunley attacked and sank the 1,240-ton United States Navy screw sloop-of-war Housatonic, which had been on Union blockade duty in Charleston's
H._L._Hunley
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1841 and sold in 1862 HMS Spartan (1868) was an Eclipse-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1868 and sold in 1882 HMS Spartan (1891) was a second class
HMS_Spartan
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HMS Acheron (1838) was a wood paddle sloop launched in 1838 and sold in 1855. HMS Acheron was to have been a screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861 but she
HMS_Acheron
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Miranda was a 14-gun (15-gun from 1856) wooden screw sloop of the Royal Navy. As part of the 1847 Program, she was designed by John Fincham, Master
HMS_Miranda_(1851)
Confederate States Navy ship
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. She was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool
CSS_Alabama
Farragut 14 wooden ships: USS Brooklyn (screw sloop) — Captain James Alden USS Galena (950-ton ironclad gunboat/screw steamer) — Lieutenant Commander Clark
Battle of Mobile Bay order of battle
Battle_of_Mobile_Bay_order_of_battle
Screw sloop-of-war of the US Navy in service 1876-1889
The second USS Vandalia was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. She was laid down at the Massachusetts Boston Navy Yard in 1872 and was commissioned
USS_Vandalia_(1876)
United States Navy admiral
Squadron, Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden. Glass then served in the screw sloop Iroquois in the Asiatic Squadron from 1872 to 1873, before returning
Henry_Glass_(admiral)
First Japanese screw-driven steam corvette
Kanrin Maru (咸臨丸; Unyielding) was Japan's first sail and screw-driven steam corvette (the first steam-driven Japanese warship, Kankō Maru, was a side-wheeler)
Kanrin_Maru
American screw sloops (1869–1891)
The Alaska or Algoma-class sloop was a series of screw sloops operated by the US Navy during the later parts of the 19th century. Designed during the American
Algoma-class_sloop
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was a wooden Racer-class screw sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in 1887. HMS Gannet (1878) was an Doterel-class screw sloop launched in 1878. She became
HMS_Gannet
Cargo ship of the United States Navy
USS Monongahela was a barkentine–rigged[citation needed] screw sloop-of-war that served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Her task was
USS_Monongahela_(1862)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
1832. She was reclassified as a second-class paddle sloop before being rebuilt as a 10-gun screw sloop in 1844–45. She was fitted as an Arctic storeship
HMS_Phoenix_(1832)
Sloops-of-war of the United States Navy
The first USS Lancaster was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War through the Spanish–American War. The first Lancaster
USS_Lancaster_(1858)
Imperial Japanese ship built in Scotland
Hōshō (鳳翔, Flying Phoenix) was a screw sloop, originally built in the United Kingdom for Chōshū Domain in western Japan, and subsequently served in the
Japanese_sloop_Hōshō
Topics referred to by the same term
Columbine (1806), an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Wild Swan (1876) or HMS Columbine, an Osprey-class screw sloop Columbine, a racehorse in the 1842 Grand
Columbine
Seiki (清輝, Pure Brightness) was a screw sloop in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, and was the first vessel built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal after
Japanese_corvette_Seiki
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from 1809 and was broken up in 1820. HMS Inflexible (1845) was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1845 and sold in 1864. HMS Inflexible (1876) was an ironclad
HMS_Inflexible
Sloop-of-war of the United States Navy
USS Plymouth, a wooden-hulled screw sloop-of-war, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Plymouth, Massachusetts. Plymouth's keel
USS_Plymouth_(1867)
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1844 and sold in 1863. HMS Amazon (1865) was an Amazon-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1865 and sunk on 9 July 1866 in a collision in the English
HMS_Amazon
US Navy sloop
foreign nations. The Java or Guerriere-class were envisioned as large screw-sloops with spar decks. The design featured an overall length of 336 feet 6 inches
USS_California_(1867)
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been named in honor of the state of Wyoming. USS Wyoming (1859) was a screw sloop that operated on the California coast during the American Civil War and
USS_Wyoming
Military unit
men from the army mustered into a schooner in order to aid the British screw sloop HMS Icarus, which had been stationed in British Honduras, in combating
Honduran_Navy
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Gannet is a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop-of-war launched on 31 August 1878. It became a training ship in the Thames in 1903, and was then
HMS_Gannet_(1878)
American screw sloops
The Contoocook-class was a series of screw sloops operated by the United States Navy following the American Civil War. The ships were designed during the
Contoocook-class_sloop
American screw sloops (1862–1883)
The Sacramento-class sloop was a series of six screw sloops operated by the United States Navy during the last half of the 19th century. The last two ships
Sacramento-class_sloop
Armoured sloop from UK
the Royal Navy was an armoured sloop launched in 1864 at Deptford Dockyard. Originally laid down as a wooden screw sloop of the Camelion class, she was
HMS_Enterprise_(1864)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Cruizer was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop, the name-ship of the Cruizer class of the Royal Navy, launched at the Royal Dockyard, Deptford in 1852. The
HMS_Cruizer_(1852)
Topics referred to by the same term
American television manufacturing company Japanese corvette Seiki, a screw sloop in the Imperial Japanese Navy This disambiguation page lists articles
Seiki
Amagi (天城, Heavenly Castle) was a screw sloop in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, and was the third vessel built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal after
Japanese_corvette_Amagi
British sloop
HMS Vestal (1865) was an Amazon-class wooden screw sloop of the Royal Navy. She was intended to protect British trade against commerce raiders and was
HMS_Vestal_(1865)
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after the city of Omaha, Nebraska: USS Omaha (1869), an Algoma-class screw sloop commissioned in 1872; served in Atlantic and Asiatic Squadrons, scrapped
USS_Omaha
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sold at Bombay in 1849. HMS Cruizer (1852) was a Cruizer-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1852. She was renamed HMS Cruiser in 1857, and then converted
HMS_Cruizer
19th century American screw sloops
The Mohican-class sloop was a series of screw sloops operated by the United States Navy during the American Civil War and last half of the 19th century
Mohican-class_sloop
Omaha-class light cruiser
ship named for the city of Omaha, Nebraska, the first being Omaha, a screw sloop launched in 1869. Omaha spent most of her career in the Pacific. At this
USS_Omaha_(CL-4)
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HMS Albatross (1842) – a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1842 and broken up in 1860. HMS Albatross – to have been a wood screw sloop. She was ordered in 1862 but
List_of_ships_named_Albatross
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captured in 1848 and sold 1850. HMS Alert (1856), a wooden Cruizer-class screw sloop launched in 1856 at Pembroke Dock. She was converted for Arctic exploration
HMS_Alert
Sloop of the Royal Navy
1848. Basilisk was designed by Oliver Lang to the same lines as the screw sloop Niger and ordered on 23 March 1846 from Woolwich Dockyard. She was laid
HMS_Basilisk_(1848)
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Princeton may refer to: USS Princeton (1843), a screw sloop, launched and commissioned in 1843, the first screw-driven vessel in the Navy and the subject of
USS_Princeton
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HMS Cormorant (1860) was a screw sloop launched in 1860 and sold in 1870. HMS Cormorant (1877) was an Osprey-class composite screw sloop launched in 1877, reduced
HMS_Cormorant
Ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare
carriers. Sloop-of-war was a sailing vessel category later revived in WWII as a convoy escort ship. Screw sloop was a propeller-driven sloop-of-wars used
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hulk in 1854, and was sold in 1892. HMS Columbine (1862) was a wooden screw sloop launched in 1862 and broken up in 1875. HMS Columbine (1897) was a tender
HMS_Columbine
Type of large warship
missions or for work in distant colonies. The unarmored cruiser—often a screw sloop or screw frigate—could continue in this role. Even though mid- to late-19th
Cruiser
Sloops-of-war of the United States Navy
The fifth USS Enterprise, a barque-rigged screw sloop, was launched 13 June 1874 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, US, by John W. Griffiths, a
USS_Enterprise_(1874)
US Navy officer (1843-1894)
with that vessel's boat crews. After the war, Woodward served on the screw sloop Kearsarge. Kearsarge had been decommissioned in November 1864 after her
Edwin_T._Woodward
U.S. Naval unit (1821–1907)
(sloop); 20 guns, 200 crew Lexington, storeship Southampton, storeship Supply, storeship Massachusetts, steamer 1861–1865 1861 Lancaster, screw sloop-of-war
Pacific_Squadron
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in Sydney from 1872 to 1883. HMS Beagle (1889), a Beagle-class steel screw sloop, the lead ship of a class of two, in service from 1889 to 1905. HMS Beagle (1909)
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Weapon consisting of a bomb at the end of a long pole attached to a boat
Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley, which managed to sink the Union screw sloop USS Housatonic on February 17, 1864, although the Hunley was lost. Spar
Spar_torpedo
United States Navy officer (1819–1892)
to the U.S. Coast Survey for three years, before serving aboard the screw sloop Congress on the Brazil Station in 1850–51. This was followed by duty
Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers
Christopher_Raymond_Perry_Rodgers
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paddle sloop launched in 1832, converted to screw propulsion in 1845, and sold in 1864. HMS Phoenix (1879), a composite Doterel-class screw sloop launched
HMS_Phoenix
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Cruizer-class screw sloop, initially ordered as a schooner, launched in 1854 and broken up in 1868. HMS Hornet (1868), a composite Beacon-class screw gunvessel
HMS_Hornet
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been a wood screw sloop. She was ordered in 1862 but was cancelled in 1863. HMS Albatross (1873) was a Fantome-class composite screw sloop launched in
HMS_Albatross
Royal Navy ship
HMS Royalist was a Satellite-class composite screw sloop of the Royal Navy, built in 1883 and hulked as a depot ship in 1900. She was renamed Colleen
HMS_Royalist_(1883)
Bahamian folk song
"Sloop John B" (Roud 15634, originally published as "The John B. Sails") is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription was published in 1916 by
Sloop_John_B
1900 class of British screw sloops
The Cadmus class was a six-ship class of 10-gun screw steel sloops built at Sheerness Dockyard for the Royal Navy between 1900 and 1903. This was the last
Cadmus-class_sloop
Topics referred to by the same term
was a survey sloop launched in 1848, used as a coal hulk from 1860 and sold in 1903. HMS Enterprise was to have been a wooden screw sloop. She was laid
Enterprise
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in 1859 and was sold in 1860. HMS Africa (1862) was a wooden-hulled screw sloop launched in 1862 and sold to China later that year. She was renamed China
HMS_Africa
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Civil War and sunk in battle in March 1863 USS Lancaster (1858), was a screw sloop launched in 1858 and served until transferred to the US Treasury Department
USS_Lancaster
British–American operation against seal poaching
squadron was USS Mohican, a screw sloop-of-war, under Commander Cotton. The other American ships were USS Marion, an old sailing sloop, the steamer USS Thetis
Bering Sea Anti-Poaching Operations
Bering_Sea_Anti-Poaching_Operations
literally, Day by Day) was an iron-ribbed, wooden-hulled three-masted screw sloop with a coal-fired steam engine of the early Meiji period, serving with
Japanese_sloop_Nisshin
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Vigilant-class wooden screw gunvessel launched in 1856 and wrecked in 1867. HMS Osprey (1876) was an Osprey-class composite screw sloop launched in 1876 and
HMS_Osprey
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Camelion-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1861 and sold in 1878. HMS Chanticleer (U05) was a modified Black Swan-class sloop launched in 1942. She
HMS_Chanticleer
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24 June 1844 Sold, 28 October 1844. Enterprise (1874) 615-ton barque screw sloop 16 March 1877 12 January 1882 4 October 1887 8 July 1890 9 May 1880 21
List of ships of the United States Navy named Enterprise
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destroyed by the ironclad CSS Virginia in 1862 USS Congress (1868), was a screw sloop in commission from 1870 to 1876 USS Congress (ID-3698), was a patrol
USS_Congress
Sloops-of-war of the United States Navy
Brooklyn – the first ship so-named by the U.S. Navy – was the first of five screw sloops of war authorized by the U.S. Congress on March 3, 1857; laid down later
USS_Brooklyn_(1858)
1861 U.S./U.K. diplomatic incident
Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Fox: I went on board a small English screw sloop the other day (the Jason (1859)) and with her one Armstrong gun (which
Trent_Affair
1867 class of British screw sloops
The Eclipse class was a class of seven 6-gun wooden screw sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1867 and 1870. They were re-armed and re-classified as
Eclipse-class_sloop
steam screw sloop Enid (1867), 88t iron steam screw sloop Monmouth (1869), 65t iron steam screw sloop Ethel (1870), 100t iron steam screw sloop Pendragon
John_Payne_Ltd
of the Confederate States of America. His first duty was aboard the screw sloop-of-war USS Shenandoah until April 13, 1864, when Shenandoah began a period
Yates_Stirling
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Blanche was a 1760-ton, 6-gun Eclipse-class wooden screw sloop built for the Royal Navy in the mid-1860s by Chatham Dockyard. She was sent to the
HMS_Blanche_(1867)
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wooden screw sloop launched at Millwall on 18 September 1860 and broken up in July 1867. HMS Eclipse (1867), a 1,267-ton Eclipse-class wooden screw sloop originally
HMS_Eclipse
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convict ship from 1819 and was sold in 1838. HMS Racoon (1857) was a wood screw sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in 1877. HMS Racoon (1887) was a torpedo
HMS_Racoon
where he performed duty as equipment officer. He transferred to the screw sloop-of-war USS Congress on 20 September 1871. Cooper next returned to duty
Philip_H._Cooper
United States Navy admiral (1811–1873)
via New York City to the Azores, where he was to assume command of the screw sloop USS Kearsarge. Two days later, he went to New York where he embarked
John_Ancrum_Winslow
Topics referred to by the same term
culture USS Alabama, numerous United States Navy ships CSS Alabama, a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy MV Maersk Alabama
Alabama_(disambiguation)
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wooden Rosario-class screw sloop launched in 1860 and broken up in 1881. HMS Rapid (1883) was a Satellite-class composite screw corvette launched in 1883
HMS_Rapid
American politician & shipbuilder (1800–1879)
sailing packets, clippers and steamships ever built, among these the screw sloop USS Brooklyn and the clipper Sweepstakes, as well as many vessels for
Jacob_Aaron_Westervelt
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above USS Swatara (1865), a wooden, screw sloop, launched in 1865, dismantled in 1872 USS Swatara (1872), a screw sloop, launched in 1873, decommissioned
Swatara
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Navy that have been named after Alkmaar: HNLMS Alkmaar (1874), a unique screw sloop HNLMS Alkmaar (M850), the lead ship of her class of minehunters This
HNLMS_Alkmaar
United States Navy admiral (1864–1929)
graduated on June 5, 1885. Following the two years of sea service—spent in screw sloops-of-war USS Mohican and USS Shenandoah and the steamer USS Ranger, as
Edward_Walter_Eberle
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17-gun schooner in service from 1814 to 1825 USS Ticonderoga (1862) was a screw sloop-of-war in commission from 1863 to 1881 USS Ticonderoga (1918) was a former
USS_Ticonderoga
The Swallow-class sloop was a 9-gun wooden screw sloop class of four ships built for the Royal Navy between 1854 and 1857. Built of a traditional wooden
Swallow-class_sloop
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' A servant to Lucentio.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English gander, Old English gand(r)a ‘gander’, ‘male goose’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of geese, or a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a gander in some way.English : variant of Ganter.North German : perhaps a habitational name from Gandern in Brandenburg.North German : nickname for a vain or self-important man from ganter ‘male goose’, ‘gander’.South German and Swiss German : habitational name from a place named with Middle High German gant ‘scree’ (Swiss gand), or topographic name for someone living by an area of scree.
Girl/Female
Indian
Shrew.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Measure for Measure' The Duke. 'The Taming of the Shrew' Vincentio, a Merchant of Pisa.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Crewe in Cheshire, named with Old Welsh criu ‘weir’. This denoted a wickerwork fence that was stretched across a river to catch fish.
Male
Italian
 Italian name ARMO means "crew." Compare with another form of Armo.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, a suitor to Katherina.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Air screw, Stimulator
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' A servant to Petruchio.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' Baptista Minola, a gentleman of Padua.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Richard III' Christopher Urswick, a priest. 'The Taming of the Shrew' Christopher Sly, a...
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' Baptista Minola, a gentleman of Padua.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' A servant to Lucentio.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Crew.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Air screw, Stimulator
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Rouse.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrÅd ‘renown’.German (of Slavic origin) : from Old Slavic rusu ‘reddish’, ‘blond’, hence a nickname or an ethnic name meaning ‘Russian’.Swiss German : topographic name for someone who lived by a scree, Middle High German ru(o)zze.In some instances the name referred to personal or business connections with Russia, the country of the Reussen, from Middle High German Riusse.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' A suitor to Bianca.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' A suitor to Bianca.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' Lucentio, son to Vincentio, in love with Bianca.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
To Strew; To Sacrifice
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
Girl/Female
Indian
Desire, Wish
Female
French
French feminine form of Roman Latin Faustinus, FAUSTINE means "lucky."
Boy/Male
Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Handsome
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, French, German, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jamaican, Latin
Court-dweller; Courtly; Courteous; Domain of Curtis; From Courtenay; Snub Nosed; Royal Attendant
Biblical
same as Libnah
Female
Japanese
(1-愛美, 2-愛海) Japanese name MANAMI means 1) "affectionate beauty" or 2) "love sea."
Boy/Male
African, Arabic, French, Hindu, Indian, Malaysian, Muslim
Islamic Name; Black Stone in Moka; Black
Girl/Female
Muslim
One who sows seeds
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, Australian, British, English, French, Greek
Lives Near the Church; Ecclesiastical Locality
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
God's Obligation; Gift
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
v. t.
To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.
v. i.
To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.
n.
In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.
v. t.
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.
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.
n.
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.
a.
Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.
n.
A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.
n.
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.
imp. & p. p.
of Screw
v. t.
To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.
v. t.
To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Screw
n.
An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
v. t.
To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
n.
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.