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Propeller-driven sloop-of-war
A screw sloop is a propeller-driven sloop-of-war. They were popularized in the mid-19th century, during the introduction of the steam engine and the transition
Screw_sloop
Type of steam-powered warship
Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners were steam-powered warships
Steam_frigate
US Navy screw frigates (1860s–1880s)
Neptune. Vol. 27. Peabody Museum of Salem. 1967. p. 44. "Antietam I (Screw Sloop of War)". Naval History and Heritage Command. Dictionary of American
Java-class_frigate_(1863)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
Rattler was a 9-gun steam screw sloop of the Royal Navy, and one of the first British warships to be completed with screw propulsion. She was originally
HMS_Rattler_(1843)
more specific "screw frigate". A gunboat powered by steam propulsion. See "Gunboat". A sloop powered by steam propulsion. See "Sloop" for configuration
Glossary of watercraft types in service of the United States
Glossary_of_watercraft_types_in_service_of_the_United_States
Type of warship
During the 18th and 19th centuries, a sloop-of-war was a warship of the Royal Navy with a single gun deck that carried up to 18 guns. The rating system
Sloop-of-war
of the Confederate States of America. His first duty was aboard the screw sloop-of-war USS Shenandoah until April 13, 1864, when Shenandoah began a period
Yates_Stirling
third-class sloops (1 cancelled), 1839–1841 Alecto (1839) Prometheus (1839) Polyphemus (1840) Ardent (1841) Rattler cancelled, re-ordered as screw sloop 1842
List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
List_of_corvette_and_sloop_classes_of_the_Royal_Navy
United States Navy admiral
Squadron, Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden. Glass then served in the screw sloop Iroquois in the Asiatic Squadron from 1872 to 1873, before returning
Henry_Glass_(admiral)
United States Navy admiral (1801–1870)
Battle of Port Hudson. May 1863, commanded the screw sloop-of-war USS Monongahela. May 1863, commanded the screw steamer USS Pensacola. July 1863, commanded
David_Farragut
Confederate States Navy ship
CSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy. She was built in Birkenhead on the River Mersey opposite Liverpool
CSS_Alabama
1892–1976 British colony in the Pacific
1871 by the brig Carl. The screw sloop HMS Dido (1869) also visited the Gilberts in 1873. 1874: in August, the screw sloop HMS Rosario (1860), under Commander
Gilbert_and_Ellice_Islands
Sloop-of-war of the United States Navy
USS Housatonic was a screw sloop-of-war of the United States Navy, taking its name from the Housatonic River of New England. Housatonic was launched on
USS_Housatonic_(1861)
Farragut 14 wooden ships: USS Brooklyn (screw sloop) — Captain James Alden USS Galena (950-ton ironclad gunboat/screw steamer) — Lieutenant Commander Clark
Battle of Mobile Bay order of battle
Battle_of_Mobile_Bay_order_of_battle
American screw sloops (1869–1891)
The Alaska or Algoma-class sloop was a series of screw sloops operated by the US Navy during the later parts of the 19th century. Designed during the American
Algoma-class_sloop
1864 American Civil War naval battle
68-pound (31 kg) rifled gun. Alabama had been pursued for two years by the screw sloop-of-war USS Kearsarge, under Captain John Winslow. Kearsarge was armed
Battle_of_Cherbourg_(1864)
Imperial Japanese ship built in Scotland
Hōshō (鳳翔, Flying Phoenix) was a screw sloop, originally built in the United Kingdom for Chōshū Domain in western Japan, and subsequently served in the
Japanese_sloop_Hōshō
Sloop-of-war of the United States Navy
The first USS Wyoming of the United States Navy was a wooden-hulled screw sloop that fought on the Union side during the American Civil War. Sent to the
USS_Wyoming_(1859)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
1832. She was reclassified as a second-class paddle sloop before being rebuilt as a 10-gun screw sloop in 1844–45. She was fitted as an Arctic storeship
HMS_Phoenix_(1832)
Submarine of the Confederate States of America
February 1864, Hunley attacked and sank the 1,240-ton United States Navy screw sloop-of-war Housatonic, which had been on Union blockade duty in Charleston's
H._L._Hunley
American screw sloops (1862–1883)
The Sacramento-class sloop was a series of six screw sloops operated by the United States Navy during the last half of the 19th century. The last two ships
Sacramento-class_sloop
American screw sloops
The Contoocook-class was a series of screw sloops operated by the United States Navy following the American Civil War. The ships were designed during the
Contoocook-class_sloop
Screw sloop-of-war of the US Navy in service 1876-1889
The second USS Vandalia was a screw sloop-of-war in the United States Navy. She was laid down at the Massachusetts Boston Navy Yard in 1872 and was commissioned
USS_Vandalia_(1876)
List of ships with the same or similar names
wooden screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861, renamed HMS Circassian in 1862 but cancelled in 1863. HMS Enterprise (1864) was an ironclad sloop ordered
HMS_Enterprise
River in Pennsylvania
Swatara after the creek: The first USS Swatara (1865) was a wooden, screw sloop, launched in 1865 and dismantled in 1872 to become the second ship of
Swatara_Creek
19th century American screw sloops
The Mohican-class sloop was a series of screw sloops operated by the United States Navy during the American Civil War and last half of the 19th century
Mohican-class_sloop
First Japanese screw-driven steam corvette
Kanrin Maru (咸臨丸; Unyielding) was Japan's first sail and screw-driven steam corvette (the first steam-driven Japanese warship, Kankō Maru, was a side-wheeler)
Kanrin_Maru
List of ships with the same or similar names
was a wooden Racer-class screw sloop launched in 1857 and broken up in 1887. HMS Gannet (1878) was an Doterel-class screw sloop launched in 1878. She became
HMS_Gannet
Seiki (清輝, Pure Brightness) was a screw sloop in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, and was the first vessel built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal after
Japanese_corvette_Seiki
List of ships with the same or similar names
been named in honor of the state of Wyoming. USS Wyoming (1859) was a screw sloop that operated on the California coast during the American Civil War and
USS_Wyoming
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Gannet is a Royal Navy Doterel-class screw sloop-of-war launched on 31 August 1878. It became a training ship in the Thames in 1903, and was then
HMS_Gannet_(1878)
Sloop-of-war of the United States Navy
USS Plymouth, a wooden-hulled screw sloop-of-war, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Plymouth, Massachusetts. Plymouth's keel
USS_Plymouth_(1867)
United States Navy admiral (1823–1901)
1871. Roe was promoted to captain on April 1, 1872, and commanded the screw sloop Lancaster on the Brazil Station from 1874 to 1875. He was promoted to
Francis_Asbury_Roe
Topics referred to by the same term
Columbine (1806), an 18-gun Cruizer-class brig-sloop HMS Wild Swan (1876) or HMS Columbine, an Osprey-class screw sloop Columbine, a racehorse in the 1842 Grand
Columbine
Sloops-of-war of the United States Navy
Brooklyn – the first ship so-named by the U.S. Navy – was the first of five screw sloops of war authorized by the U.S. Congress on March 3, 1857; laid down later
USS_Brooklyn_(1858)
List of ships with the same or similar names
17-gun schooner in service from 1814 to 1825 USS Ticonderoga (1862) was a screw sloop-of-war in commission from 1863 to 1881 USS Ticonderoga (1918) was a former
USS_Ticonderoga
The Swallow-class sloop was a 9-gun wooden screw sloop class of four ships built for the Royal Navy between 1854 and 1857. Built of a traditional wooden
Swallow-class_sloop
List of ships with the same or similar names
USS California may refer to: USS California (1867) was a screw sloop originally named Minnetonka USS California (ACR-6) was a Pennsylvania-class cruiser
USS_California
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Harrier (1831), an 18-gun sloop-of-war launched in 1831, broken up in 1840 HMS Harrier (1854), a 17-gun wood screw sloop-of-war launched in 1854, broken
HMS_Harrier
Bahamian folk song
"Sloop John B" (Roud 15634, originally published as "The John B. Sails") is a Bahamian folk song from Nassau. A transcription was published in 1916 by
Sloop_John_B
Topics referred to by the same term
was a survey sloop launched in 1848, used as a coal hulk from 1860 and sold in 1903. HMS Enterprise was to have been a wooden screw sloop. She was laid
Enterprise
List of ships with the same or similar names
steamship in use during the American Civil War. USS Cambridge (1869), was a screw sloop renamed Congress on 10 August 1869 prior to her commissioning. USS Cambridge
USS_Cambridge
Weapon consisting of a bomb at the end of a long pole attached to a boat
Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley, which managed to sink the Union screw sloop USS Housatonic on February 17, 1864, although the Hunley was lost. Spar
Spar_torpedo
Boat classification
The Racer-class sloop also known as the Cordelia class of swift cruisers was an 11-gun wooden screw sloop class of five ships built for the Royal Navy
Racer-class_sloop
Type of large warship
missions or for work in distant colonies. The unarmored cruiser—often a screw sloop or screw frigate—could continue in this role. Even though mid- to late-19th
Cruiser
List of ships with the same or similar names
Cruizer-class screw sloop, initially ordered as a schooner, launched in 1854 and broken up in 1868. HMS Hornet (1868), a composite Beacon-class screw gunvessel
HMS_Hornet
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Kingfisher was a Doterel-class screw sloop of the Royal Navy. She was built at Sheerness Dockyard and launched on 16 December 1879. She conducted
HMS_Kingfisher_(1879)
Topics referred to by the same term
culture USS Alabama, numerous United States Navy ships CSS Alabama, a screw sloop-of-war built in 1862 for the Confederate States Navy MV Maersk Alabama
Alabama_(disambiguation)
List of ships with the same or similar names
destroyed by the ironclad CSS Virginia in 1862 USS Congress (1868), was a screw sloop in commission from 1870 to 1876 USS Congress (ID-3698), was a patrol
USS_Congress
1867 class of British screw sloops
The Eclipse class was a class of seven 6-gun wooden screw sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1867 and 1870. They were re-armed and re-classified as
Eclipse-class_sloop
Omaha-class light cruiser
ship named for the city of Omaha, Nebraska, the first being Omaha, a screw sloop launched in 1869. Omaha spent most of her career in the Pacific. At this
USS_Omaha_(CL-4)
British naval officer (1819–1855)
promoted to captain on 4 October 1849, and then took command of the wooden screw sloop HMS Miranda on her commissioning at Sheerness on 25 February 1854. He
Edmund_Moubray_Lyons
U.S. Naval unit (1821–1907)
(sloop); 20 guns, 200 crew Lexington, storeship Southampton, storeship Supply, storeship Massachusetts, steamer 1861–1865 1861 Lancaster, screw sloop-of-war
Pacific_Squadron
List of ships with the same or similar names
later became the state of Alaska: USS Alaska (1868), a wooden-hulled screw sloop-of-war in commission from 1869 to 1883 that saw numerous small actions
USS_Alaska
List of ships with the same or similar names
future submarine of that name announced. USS Brooklyn (1858) was a wooden screw sloop commissioned in 1859 and a participant in the American Civil War. USS Brooklyn (ACR-3)
USS_Brooklyn
List of ships with the same or similar names
USS Albany (1846), a 22-gun sloop-of-war commissioned in 1846 and lost at sea in 1854. USS Albany (1869), a 14-gun screw sloop-of-war commissioned as USS
USS_Albany
Amagi (天城, Heavenly Castle) was a screw sloop in the early Imperial Japanese Navy, and was the third vessel built by the Yokosuka Naval Arsenal after
Japanese_corvette_Amagi
steam screw sloop Enid (1867), 88t iron steam screw sloop Monmouth (1869), 65t iron steam screw sloop Ethel (1870), 100t iron steam screw sloop Pendragon
John_Payne_Ltd
Sloop of the Royal Navy
1848. Basilisk was designed by Oliver Lang to the same lines as the screw sloop Niger and ordered on 23 March 1846 from Woolwich Dockyard. She was laid
HMS_Basilisk_(1848)
List of ships with the same or similar names
Princeton may refer to: USS Princeton (1843), a screw sloop, launched and commissioned in 1843, the first screw-driven vessel in the Navy and the subject of
USS_Princeton
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Acheron (1838) was a wood paddle sloop launched in 1838 and sold in 1855. HMS Acheron was to have been a screw sloop. She was laid down in 1861 but she
HMS_Acheron
Military unit
men from the army mustered into a schooner in order to aid the British screw sloop HMS Icarus, which had been stationed in British Honduras, in combating
Honduran_Navy
US Navy sloop
foreign nations. The Java or Guerriere-class were envisioned as large screw-sloops with spar decks. The design featured an overall length of 336 feet 6 inches
USS_California_(1867)
List of ships with the same or similar names
captured in 1848 and sold 1850. HMS Alert (1856), a wooden Cruizer-class screw sloop launched in 1856 at Pembroke Dock. She was converted for Arctic exploration
HMS_Alert
bark-rigged sloop-of-war with a coal-fired double-expansion reciprocating steam engine with six cylindrical boilers driving a single screw. Her basic design
Japanese_corvette_Yamato
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Dragon (1878), a 6-gun Doterel-class screw sloop launched in 1878 and sold in 1892. HMS Dragon (1894), a twin-screw Banshee-class torpedo boat destroyer
HMS_Dragon
List of ships with the same or similar names
24 June 1844 Sold, 28 October 1844. Enterprise (1874) 615-ton barque screw sloop 16 March 1877 12 January 1882 4 October 1887 8 July 1890 9 May 1880 21
List of ships of the United States Navy named Enterprise
List_of_ships_of_the_United_States_Navy_named_Enterprise
List of ships with the same or similar names
in 1859 and was sold in 1860. HMS Africa (1862) was a wooden-hulled screw sloop launched in 1862 and sold to China later that year. She was renamed China
HMS_Africa
Cargo ship of the United States Navy
USS Monongahela was a barkentine–rigged[citation needed] screw sloop-of-war that served in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. Her task was
USS_Monongahela_(1862)
President of the United States from 1877 to 1881
interests abroad. When Grant was in Nice, he boarded USS Vandalia, a screw sloop-of-war that Hayes had personally sent for Grant's winter cruise about
Rutherford_B._Hayes
1861 U.S./U.K. diplomatic incident
Secretary of the Navy Gustavus Fox: I went on board a small English screw sloop the other day (the Jason (1859)) and with her one Armstrong gun (which
Trent_Affair
List of ships with the same or similar names
HMS Cormorant (1860) was a screw sloop launched in 1860 and sold in 1870. HMS Cormorant (1877) was an Osprey-class composite screw sloop launched in 1877, reduced
HMS_Cormorant
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Miranda was a 14-gun (15-gun from 1856) wooden screw sloop of the Royal Navy. As part of the 1847 Program, she was designed by John Fincham, Master
HMS_Miranda_(1851)
United States Navy admiral (1811–1873)
via New York City to the Azores, where he was to assume command of the screw sloop USS Kearsarge. Two days later, he went to New York where he embarked
John_Ancrum_Winslow
Royal Navy class of screw-driven sloops
The Doterel class was a Royal Navy class of screw-driven sloops. They were of composite construction, with wooden hulls over an iron frame. They were
Doterel-class_sloop
Ship that is built and primarily intended for naval warfare
carriers. Sloop-of-war was a sailing vessel category later revived in WWII as a convoy escort ship. Screw sloop was a propeller-driven sloop-of-wars used
Warship
19th-century British Royal Navy sloop
HMS Alert was a 17-gun wooden screw sloop of the Cruizer class of the Royal Navy, launched in 1856 and broken up in 1894. She was the eleventh ship of
HMS_Alert_(1856)
1867 international incident
shogunate. On 5 August Robert Ford and John Hutchings, from the British screw sloop HMS Icarus, were killed by an unknown swordsman in the Marayuma entertainment
Icarus_affair
Royal Navy screw sloops
The Amazon-class sloop was a series of six wooden screw sloops operated by the Royal Navy between 1865 and 1885. The design was inspired by the American
Amazon-class_sloop
List of ships with the same or similar names
brigantine launched in 1836 and sold in 1894. HMS Dolphin (1882) was a screw sloop launched in 1882. She served as a submarine depot ship in World War I
HMS_Dolphin
1900 class of British screw sloops
The Cadmus class was a six-ship class of 10-gun screw steel sloops built at Sheerness Dockyard for the Royal Navy between 1900 and 1903. This was the last
Cadmus-class_sloop
American politician
examination and then was on leave until March 1873. He served aboard the screw sloop-of-war USS Monongahela in the South Atlantic Squadron from September
Joseph_B._Murdock
American politician & shipbuilder (1800–1879)
sailing packets, clippers and steamships ever built, among these the screw sloop USS Brooklyn and the clipper Sweepstakes, as well as many vessels for
Jacob_Aaron_Westervelt
United States Navy admiral (1844–1928)
travel in Europe from 1875 to 1876. He reported for duty aboard the screw sloop-of-war USS Marion in the European Squadron in 1877, then transferred
William_M._Folger
United States Navy admiral (1864–1929)
graduated on June 5, 1885. Following the two years of sea service—spent in screw sloops-of-war USS Mohican and USS Shenandoah and the steamer USS Ranger, as
Edward_Walter_Eberle
List of ships with the same or similar names
River of western Virginia and West Virginia. USS Shenandoah (1862), a screw sloop commissioned in 1863, active in the American Civil War and in use until
USS_Shenandoah
List of ships with the same or similar names
wooden screw sloop launched at Millwall on 18 September 1860 and broken up in July 1867. HMS Eclipse (1867), a 1,267-ton Eclipse-class wooden screw sloop originally
HMS_Eclipse
British sloop
HMS Vestal (1865) was an Amazon-class wooden screw sloop of the Royal Navy. She was intended to protect British trade against commerce raiders and was
HMS_Vestal_(1865)
Sloops-of-war of the United States Navy
The first USS Lackawanna was a screw-propelled sloop-of-war in the Union Navy during the American Civil War. She was named after the Lackawanna River
USS_Lackawanna_(1862)
List of ships with the same or similar names
1844 and sold in 1863. HMS Amazon (1865) was an Amazon-class wooden screw sloop launched in 1865 and sunk on 9 July 1866 in a collision in the English
HMS_Amazon
Sloops-of-war of the United States Navy
The fifth USS Enterprise, a barque-rigged screw sloop, was launched 13 June 1874 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine, US, by John W. Griffiths, a
USS_Enterprise_(1874)
1863 American naval victory in Japan
Takachika Strength 1 screw sloop 198 sailors & marines Land: 4 shore batteries Sea: 1 barque 1 brig 1 steamer Casualties and losses 1 screw sloop damaged 4 killed
Battle_of_Shimonoseki_Straits
runners. He was promoted to Commander on 16 July 1862. Given command of screw-sloop Pawnee at Philadelphia later that year, Balch coordinated the towing
George_Balch
List of ships with the same or similar names
launched in 1816 and sold in 1849. HMS Camelion (1860) was a Camelion-class screw sloop launched in 1860 and sold in 1883. HMS Cameleon (1910) was an Acorn-class
HMS_Cameleon
19th century American screw sloops
The Ossipee-class sloop was a series of screw sloops operated by the United States Navy during the American Civil War and later half of the 19th century
Ossipee-class_sloop
American admiral and explorer
In 1865, Reynolds was promoted to captain and given command of the screw sloop Lackawanna after the American Civil War, assigned to the Pacific. In
William Reynolds (naval officer)
William_Reynolds_(naval_officer)
The Phoenix class was a two-ship class of 6-gun screw steel sloops built for the Royal Navy in 1895. Both ships participated in the suppression of the
Phoenix-class_sloop
Military unit
success to disrupt U.S. merchant shipping. The most famous of them was the screw sloop-of-war CSS Alabama, a warship secretly built for the Confederacy in Birkenhead
Confederate_States_Navy
Gunboat of the United States Navy
The second USS Ticonderoga was a 2526-ton Lackawanna-class screw sloop-of-war laid down by the New York Navy Yard in 1861; launched on 16 October 1862;
USS_Ticonderoga_(1862)
Sloop of the Royal Navy
HMS Harrier was a Royal Navy Cruizer-class screw sloop launched in 1854. She took part in the Crimean War, served on the Australia Station and took part
HMS_Harrier_(1854)
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' A servant to Lucentio.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' A servant to Lucentio.
Male
Italian
 Italian name ARMO means "crew." Compare with another form of Armo.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name for someone from Crewe in Cheshire, named with Old Welsh criu ‘weir’. This denoted a wickerwork fence that was stretched across a river to catch fish.
Boy/Male
Tamil
Air screw, Stimulator
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Rouse.German : from a short form of a Germanic personal name formed with hrÅd ‘renown’.German (of Slavic origin) : from Old Slavic rusu ‘reddish’, ‘blond’, hence a nickname or an ethnic name meaning ‘Russian’.Swiss German : topographic name for someone who lived by a scree, Middle High German ru(o)zze.In some instances the name referred to personal or business connections with Russia, the country of the Reussen, from Middle High German Riusse.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
To Strew; To Sacrifice
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' A suitor to Bianca.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
Measure for Measure' The Duke. 'The Taming of the Shrew' Vincentio, a Merchant of Pisa.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Crew.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' Baptista Minola, a gentleman of Padua.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
King Richard III' Christopher Urswick, a priest. 'The Taming of the Shrew' Christopher Sly, a...
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' Lucentio, son to Vincentio, in love with Bianca.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English gander, Old English gand(r)a ‘gander’, ‘male goose’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of geese, or a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a gander in some way.English : variant of Ganter.North German : perhaps a habitational name from Gandern in Brandenburg.North German : nickname for a vain or self-important man from ganter ‘male goose’, ‘gander’.South German and Swiss German : habitational name from a place named with Middle High German gant ‘scree’ (Swiss gand), or topographic name for someone living by an area of scree.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' A servant to Petruchio.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' A suitor to Bianca.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' Baptista Minola, a gentleman of Padua.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Taming of the Shrew' Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, a suitor to Katherina.
Girl/Female
Indian
Shrew.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Air screw, Stimulator
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
Girl/Female
Australian, Japanese
Beauty
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Tamil
Gold; Moon; Nil
Boy/Male
Buddhist, Indian
Buddha Eye
Girl/Female
Tamil
One who is courageous
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Narrator of Hadith; Daughter of Muhammad Bin Bisharah
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a dyer of cloth, Middle English dyer (from Old English dēag ‘dye’; the verb is a back-formation from the agent noun). This surname also occurs in Scotland, but Lister is a more common equivalent there.Irish (Counties Sligo and Roscommon) : usually a short form of MacDyer, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Duibhir ‘son of Duibhir’, a short form of a personal name composed of the elements dubh ‘dark’, ‘black’ + odhar ‘sallow’, ‘tawny’.
Boy/Male
Indian
Terrible.
Female
African
she who inspires love.
Girl/Female
British, Christian, English, German
Female Version of Edwin; Prosperous Friend
Girl/Female
Tamil
Sampreeti | ஸமà¯à®ªà¯à®°à®¿à®¤à¯€
Real Love and attachment, Attachment, Joyful
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
SCREW SLOOP
n.
In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew.
n.
A cylinder, or a cylindrical perforation, having a continuous rib, called the thread, winding round it spirally at a constant inclination, so as to leave a continuous spiral groove between one turn and the next, -- used chiefly for producing, when revolved, motion or pressure in the direction of its axis, by the sliding of the threads of the cylinder in the grooves between the threads of the perforation adapted to it, the former being distinguished as the external, or male screw, or, more usually the screw; the latter as the internal, or female screw, or, more usually, the nut.
n.
A steam vesel propelled by a screw instead of wheels; a screw steamer; a propeller.
n.
An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand.
v. i.
To turn one's self uneasily with a twisting motion; as, he screws about in his chair.
v. t.
To scatter; to spread by scattering; to cast or to throw loosely apart; -- used of solids, separated or separable into parts or particles; as, to strew seed in beds; to strew sand on or over a floor; to strew flowers over a grave.
n.
Anything shaped or acting like a screw; esp., a form of wheel for propelling steam vessels. It is placed at the stern, and furnished with blades having helicoidal surfaces to act against the water in the manner of a screw. See Screw propeller, below.
v. t.
To force; to squeeze; to press, as by screws.
n.
Specifically, a kind of nail with a spiral thread and a head with a nick to receive the end of the screw-driver. Screws are much used to hold together pieces of wood or to fasten something; -- called also wood screws, and screw nails. See also Screw bolt, below.
a.
Adapted for forming a screw by cutting; as, a screw-cutting lathe.
v. t.
To twist; to distort; as, to screw his visage.
v. t.
To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Screw
n.
A tool for turning screws so as to drive them into their place. It has a thin end which enters the nick in the head of the screw.
v. t.
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.
imp. & p. p.
of Screw