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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SCREW'ING, ppr. Turning a screw; fastening or pressing with a screw.
SCREW'-TREE, n. 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: slang for sexual intercourse [syn: fuck, fucking, screw, screwing, ass, nooky, nookie, piece of ass, piece of tail, roll in the hay, shag, shtup]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Screwing Screw"ing, a. & n. from Screw, v. t. Screwing machine. See Screw machine, under Screw.