Let's play Obfuscation, a game in which I give you definitions of one common word and then you recognize that word, if you can.
Today's word contains four letters and can be a verb or a noun. The English noun predates the 12th century.
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The word means ...
◼️ A low, contemptible or pitiable person.
◼️ The thread of a male screw.
◼️ A sharp-pointed spiral tool used for boring wood or soft stone.
◼️ To extract information or a secret by adroit questioning or by pleading or persuading.
◼️ A long spiral or coiled tube connected with the head of a still, in which the vapor is condensed.
◼️ The spiral part of a corkscrew.
◼️ The invisible destroyer that flies in the night in William Blake's "The Sick Rose."
Our March 6 word was "bird." I'll print today's answer March 20, but feel free to email if you'd like to know today.
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