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- n. An Archimedes' screw.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end.
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