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Archimeʹdes Screw

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An endless screw, used for raising water, propelling ships, etc., invented by Archimeʹdēs of Syracuse.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Archangels
Arch-monarch of the World
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Arches (The Court of)
Archeus
Archilochian Bitterness
Archimage
Archimago [Hypocrisy]
Archimedes Principle
Archimedes Screw
Architect of his own Fortune
Archontics
Arcite
Arcos Barbs
Arctic Region
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Area-sneak
Areopagus
Aretine
Aretinian Syllables

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Archimed`es screw