v. t.
To draw the screws from; to loose from screws; to loosen or withdraw (anything, as a screw) by turning it. →
v. i.
The state or temperature of the air which occasions congelation, or the freezing of water; severe cold or freezing weather. →
n.
One of several volatile inflammable liquids obtained by the distillation of certain carbonaceous materials and resembling the naphtha from petroleum; as, Boghead naphtha, from Boghead coal (obtained at Boghead, Scotland); crude naphtha, or light oil, from coal tar; wood naphtha, from wood, etc. →