单词 | screw engine |
释义 | screw enginen.ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan windas1293 wind1399 windlassc1400 fern1546 stow?1549 capstock1551 winch1577 draw-beam1585 wind-beam1585 winder1585 capstring1609 crab1627 guindall1628 gin1632 Jack1686 screw engine1688 twirl1688 moulineta1706 jack roll1708 wind-lifta1734 whim1738 stowce1747 whim-engine1759 macaroni gin1789 whimsy1789 winze1839 jack roller1843 wink1847 winding engine1858 fusee-windlass1874 come-along1891 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xviii. 139/2 A Hand screw, or screw engine: or Ghynne or Wynch. 2. A device used for raising water by means of the rotation of a helical surface within a closely fitting duct; Archimedes' Screw. More fully Archimedes screw engine, Archimedean screw engine. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > for raising water well bucket1477 flail?a1500 kettle-mill1570 scoop1580 water engine1611 chain-pumpa1618 cochlea1648 water-screw1648 engine1652 bucket-fountain1663 chain1682 noria1696 tub-engine1702 tub-gin1702 well-pole1727 screw engine1729 rag1747 rag pump1747 swape1773 picotah1780 water balance1800 ram1801 well sweep1818 shadoof1836 hydraulic belt1856 water carrier1875 bailer1883 trip-bucket1926 1729 S. Switzer Introd. Gen. Syst. Hydrostaticks & Hydraulicks II. xx. 276 These Engines are of many and different Kinds; as First, those that are simple, as is the Siphon, Syringe, Antlia, or Single Pump, Screw Engine, and the like. 1767 J. Ferguson Lect. Suppl. 22 Archimedes's Screw-Engine for raising water. 1898 Colorado College Stud. 7 30 He [sc. Archimedes] made a further practical application of the results of his studies in this direction by the invention of the screw engine. 1995 R. Desmond Kew ii. 42 The engineer..designed this Archimedes screw engine to raise water from a 12-foot-deep well for the lake, ponds and flower-beds. 3. In a vessel: an engine that drives one or more screw propellers. Now rare and only in historical contexts. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > types of fire waterwork1663 steam-wheel1797 Cornish engine1840 beam-engine1844 machine-whim1848 screw engine1852 donkey-engine1858 quadruple expansion1861 tandem engine1878 uniflow1971 1852 J. Bourne Treat. Screw Propeller ix. 199 Screw engines are divisible into two great classes—geared screw engines and direct-acting screw engines. 1877 Spirit of Times 15 Dec. 537/1 (advt.) Marine Screw Engines and Boilers for driving Model Yachts from 1 to 10 feet in length. 1938 Motor Boating Jan. 211/2 James Watt and Company of Birmingham built the screw engine. 2006 Bristol Post (Nexis) 14 Feb. 38 Work on the great paddle engines was scrapped and their designer..ordered to provide screw engines in their place. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1688 |
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