Scrued

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. An archaic past form of a verb meaning to screw, as in having twisted or fastened something into place
2. Old spelling of the past tense of a verb meaning to screw, describing something that was turned or tightened
3. A obsolete variant used for having screwed, meaning twisted, fastened or driven in with a turning motion

Etymology: "Scrued" is the past tense and past participle of "scrue", an old spelling of "screw". English took that word from Old French "escroue", which meant a nut, the threaded socket a bolt turns into, rather than the bolt itself. Where the French word came from is uncertain.