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screw1662
transitive. To operate or adjust (a press, vice, clamp, or other instrument), esp. by tightening the screw mechanism. Also (and in earliest use) in…
to screw down1732
transitive. To operate or adjust (a press, vice, clamp, or other instrument) by tightening the screw mechanism.