1) One who squeezes all he can out of those with whom he has any dealings; an extortioner; miser. Colloquial here as in England.
TO SCREW
2) To exact upon one in a bargain or reckoning.--Grose. Ex. 'He screwed me down to a very low price.'
·noun A small packet of tobacco. II. Screw ·noun An extortioner; a sharp bargainer; a skinflint; a ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A skeleton key used by housebreakers to open a lock. To stand on the screw signifies that a door is ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
·- A form of jack screw for lifting large bodies, and assisting in launching. II. Bed screw ·- A lo...
·add. ·- A set screw used to bind parts together, ·esp. one for making a connection in an electrical...
·- A strong iron or steel plug screwed into the breech of a musket or other firearm, to close the bo...
·- A screw cut on a solid whose sides are arcs of the periphery of a wheel into the teeth of which t...
·adj Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe. ...
·noun A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters...
·add. ·- A set screw used for adjusting. II. Temper screw ·add. ·- A screw link, to which is attach...
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Tractor propeller. ...
·- A screw propeller. ...
A wry-mouthed man or woman. ...
An ingenious spiral pump for draining docks or raising water to any proposed height, the invention o...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A vessel in which the screw is used as an auxiliary force. Such a vessel is usually fully masted for...
A powerful machine, consisting of two large poppets, or male screws, moved by levers in their heads,...
A handy kind of single jack-screw. ...
A small machine used to cant or lift weighty substances, and in stowing cotton or other elastic good...
See gridiron. ...
A valuable substitute for the cumbersome paddle-wheels as a motive-power for steam-vessels: the Arch...
A hollow trunk over the screw of a steamer, for allowing the propeller to be disconnected and lifted...
A screw acting tangentially to a circle, by means of which a slow motion may be given to the vernier...
A steamer fitted with two propellers and independent engines, to enable her to turn rapidly on her o...
The order in steamers to lift the screw on making sail. ...
A chain or plate fastened by a screw, to secure a vessel's bowsprit to the stem-head, allowing for t...