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screwish, a. rare.|ˈskruːɪʃ|
[f. screw n.1 + -ish.]
Of the nature of a screw.
1570J. Dee Math. Pref. c iiij b, Archimedes, setting to his Skruish Engine, caused Hiero the king, by him self, at ease, to remoue her [sc. a ship]. 1829Sporting Mag. XXIII. 285 How unlucky then that he chanced to have so screwish a set [of horses]. |