Anagrams of: EADSCREWS

• a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

• touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

• the sound made by corvine birds

• utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens

• someone who guards prisoners

• a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole

• a propeller with several angled blades that rotates to push against water or air

• a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head

• slang for sexual intercourse

• have sexual intercourse with

• turn like a screw

• cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion

• tighten or fasten by means of screwing motions

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment

• waterproof hip boots (sometimes extending to the chest) worn by anglers

• the person (or bank) who is expected to pay a check or draft when it is presented for payment

• an angular or rounded shape made by folding

• a slight depression or fold in the smoothness of a surface

• a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade

• make wrinkles or creases on a smooth surface; make a pressed, folded or wrinkled line in; `crisp' is archaic

• make wrinkled or creased

• scrape gently

• become wrinkled or crumpled or creased

• the men and women who man a vehicle (ship, aircraft, etc.)

• an organized group of workmen

• an informal body of friends

• the team of men or women manning a racing shell

• serve as a crew member on