To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
A plant, Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
To contort.
To extort or practice extortion upon; to oppress by unreasonable or extortionate exactions; to put the screws on.
To have sexual intercourse with.
To screw back.
To connect or assemble pieces using a screw.
To cheat someone or ruin their chances in a game or other situation.
To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.
Salary, wages.
An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint.
A casual sexual partner.
A prison guard.
A simple machine, a helical inclined plane.
Backspin.
A straight line in space with which a definite linear magnitude termed the pitch is associated. 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.
A small packet of tobacco.
A ship's propeller.
An Archimedes screw.
The motion of screwing something; a turn or twist to one side.
Rheumatism.
A (usually) metal fastener consisting of a partially or completely threaded shank, sometimes with a threaded point, and a head used to both hold the top material and to drive the screw either directly into a soft material or into a prepared hole.
A steam vessel propelled by a screw instead of wheels.
Sexual intercourse; the act of screwing.
An amphipod crustacean.