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News of the Screws is British slang for the News of the World newspaper.
Screwsman is slang for a burgler; house−breaker; safe−cracker.
  A burglar versed in screwing
Question, get tough with
To be bad or displeasing; "My brother just wrecked my car. That just screws the badger now don't it!".
Screws is Dorset slang for rheumatism.
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 .
Put pressure on somebody
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A stock to hold the dies used for cutting screws.
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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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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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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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To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.
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A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser.
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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 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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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.
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A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
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To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
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One who, or that which, screws.
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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 cut with reeding or fluting on the edge of, as coins, the heads of screws, etc.; to knurl.
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