screw-pile lighthouse in English

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          "ref": "1900, Joseph Conrad, Lord Jim, page ii. 12",
          "text": "[F]ar astern of the pilgrim ship a screw-pile lighthouse, planted by unbelievers on a treacherous shoal, seemed to wink at her its eye of flame, as if in derision of her errand of faith.",
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"screw-pile lighthouse" meaning in English

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