Hypertext Webster Gateway: "corkscrew"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corkscrew \Cork"screw`\ (-skr[udd]`), n.
An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing
corks from bottles.
{Corkscrew stairs}, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Corkscrew \Cork"screw`\, v. t.
To press forward in a winding way; as, to corkscrew one's way
through a crowd. [Colloq.] --Dickens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
corkscrew
n : a bottle opener that pulls corks [syn: {bottle screw}]
v : move in a spiral or zigzag course [syn: {spiral}]
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