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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An ancient apparatus for raising water, consisting of either a spiral tube around an inclined axis or an inclined tube containing a tight-fitting, broad-threaded screw.
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- noun An
Archimedes' screw .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Archimedes.]
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