SCREW'ING, participle present tense Turning a screw; fastening or pressing with a screw. SCREW'-TREE, noun A plant of the genus Helicteres, of several species, natives of warm climates. They are shrubby plants, with yellow flowers, and capsules intorted or twisted inward.
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