- 3. Sieve, riddle.
Screen, v. a.
- 1. Hide, shelter, cover, conceal, shroud, mask, cloak, protect, fence, defend.
- 2. Riddle, sift.
Screw, n. Miser, niggard, curmudgeon, skinflint, extortioner, churl, codger, scrimp, hunks, lickpenny, muckworm, sordid wretch, mean fellow.
Screw, v. a.
- 1. Wrench, squeeze, press, twist, force.
- 2. Rack, raise extortionately, oppress.
- 3. Distort.
Screw-jack, n. Jack.
Screw-shaped, a. Cochleary, cochleated, spiral, helical, winding.
Screw-steamer, n. Propeller.
Scribble, v. n. Scrawl, scrabble, scratch.
Scribbler, n.
- 1. Scrawler.
- 2. Petty author.
Scribe, n.
- 1. Writer, penman, chirographer, chirographist.
- 2. Clerk, secretary, notary, amanuensis, copyist, scrivener.
Scrimmage, n. Skirmish, scuffle, brawl, riot.
Scrimp, a. Scanty, narrow, contracted, deficient.
Scrimp, v. a. Scant, contract, curtail, pinch, limit, straiten, reduce, shorten.