| 单词 | finger screw |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfinger screw finger screw n. (a) a screw designed to be turned with the fingers, typically having a winged or ridged head to give purchase (cf. thumbscrew n. 1); (b) an instrument of torture in which one or more fingers is crushed between two plates or boards which are forced together by tightening a screw or screws (cf. thumbscrew n. 2) (now chiefly historical). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > screw > for turning with finger and thumb finger screw1768 thumbscrew1795 butterfly screw1861 1768 J. Bird Method constructing Mural Quadrants 13 Below the dart upon the center-plate is a small circle, which represents a finger screw, the head of which is behind the plate. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 320 Unturning the finger-screw. 1865 H. W. Baxley What I saw on West Coast S. & N. Amer. vii. 134 When the room of torture was burst open, and there were seen..finger-screws for crushing nails and bones. 1996 T. D. Morris Southern Slavery & Law x. 241 An ‘engine of torture,’ which turned out to be a finger screw, had been used by public authorities to extort confessions. 2009 T. Schneller Meat i. 12 Tighten finger screw (mixer is not illustrated). < as lemmas |
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