water-screw
now rare
noun
A device for raising water by means of a helix rotating within a tube, an Archimedean screw; (more generally) any water pump working on the same principle.
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Wilkins (1614–1672), theologian and natural philosopher.
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