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English Dictionary: corkscrew by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
corkscrew
n
  1. a bottle opener that pulls corks [syn: corkscrew, {bottle screw}]
v
  1. move in a spiral or zigzag course [syn: corkscrew, spiral]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corkscrew \Cork"screw`\ (-skr[udd]`), n.
      An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing
      corks from bottles.
  
      {Corkscrew stairs}, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Corkscrew \Cork"screw`\, v. t.
      To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way
      through a crowd. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
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