A propeller that rotates to push against air.
1 The flimsy, broad fan of the airscrew - like the wing, a delicate skeleton covered with shimmering film-beganto turn.
2 Dom saw the metallic sheen of its wings as it hovered around the light, and the haze of its tiny airscrew .
3 Yet he was not quite helpless; the airscrew still worked, and while he had power there was still some measure of control.
4 The machine gun soon followed, but its use in tractor machines was impracticable on account of the danger of hitting the airscrew .
5 Hooke had spread out large drawings of wings and airscrews .
6 They were simply propulsive, like little propellers: airscrews , really.
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