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▪ I. unˈscrewed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Not furnished with a screw.
1887D. A. Low Machine Draw. 18 If the countersunk head be lengthened so as to take up the whole of the unscrewed part of the bolt.
▪ II. unˈscrewed, ppl. a.2
[f. unscrew v. + -ed1.]
Loosened or detached by unscrewing. Also fig.
1889Anthony's Photogr. Bull. II. 361 Whenever this top is a little unscrewed the liquid can come out of the bottle by drops. 1910Cycling 2 Feb. 85 (caption) Novice (surveying the unscrewed pedal with consternation). 1962Amer. Speech XXXVII. 273 Unscrewed,..out of control... ‘The car came around the curve spinning sideways—all unscrewed.’ 1989Los Angeles Times 14 Mar. vi. 4/3 Bossy G. W. Bailey gets his comeuppance by sitting on chairs with unscrewed legs. |