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hand screw

noun

a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.

Also called hand-screw clamp. Carpentry. a clamp having two wooden jaws that are adjusted by two long screws.

Origin of hand screw

First recorded in 1755–65

Words nearby hand screw

hand over, hand over fist, hand over hand, hand press, hand puppet, hand screw, hand scroll, hand setting, hand tight, hand to hand, hand to mouth, from

Example sentences from the Web for hand screw

The back of the copying-frame, showing the hand-screw and pressure-board.

The Boy's Playbook of Science |John Henry Pepper