Endless screw


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(Mech.) See under Screw.
a screw used to give motion to a toothed wheel by the action of its threads between the teeth of the wheel; - called also a worm.
- H. Martineau.

See also: Endless, Screw

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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