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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Screw  \Screw\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Screwed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Screwing}.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  To  force;  to  squeeze;  to  press,  as  by  screws. 
 
  But  screw  your  courage  to  the  sticking  place  And 
  we'll  not  fail  --Shak. 
 
  3.  Hence:  To  practice  extortion  upon  to  oppress  by 
  unreasonable  or  extortionate  exactions. 
 
  Our  country  landlords,  by  unmeasurable  screwing  and 
  racking  their  tenants,  have  already  reduced  the 
  miserable  people  to  a  worse  condition  than  the 
  peasants  in  France.  --swift. 
 
  4.  To  twist;  to  distort;  as  to  screw  his  visage. 
 
  He  screwed  his  face  into  a  hardened  smile.  --Dryden. 
 
  5.  To  examine  rigidly,  as  a  student;  to  subject  to  a  severe 
  examination.  [Cant,  American  Colleges] 
 
  {To  screw  out},  to  press  out  to  extort. 
 
  {To  screw  up},  to  force;  to  bring  by  violent  pressure. 
  --Howell. 

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