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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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