jackscrewn.
/ˈdʒakskruː/, U.S. /ˈdʒækˌskru/ A lifting jack consisting of a threaded column that extends out of a supporting base when turned.
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?1735 Defoe's Life Robinson Crusoe Abridg'd (ed. 5) 29 I..prepar'd a second Raft..upon which I brought away the Carpenters Stores, two or three Bags full of Nails, a great Jack Screw, a Dozen or two of Hatchets, and a Grindstone.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Verin, an instrument nearly similar to a jack-screw.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxix. 99 The jack-screws which are used in stowing cotton.
1893 F. S. Hill Twenty Years at Sea in Mariner's Mirror (1952) 38 71 The cotton..was now to be forced into the ship..by very powerful jackscrews.
1938 Amer. Home Oct. 43/2 (caption) One jackscrew under each corner raised the roof without destroying the shingles.
1965 Jrnl. Water Pollution Control Federation 37 580/1 The sample cylinder then can be lowered precisely to the water surface by operating the jack screw.
2005 Daily Sitka (Alaska) Sentinel 30 Sept. 7/2 They found no grease on the jackscrew, a crucial part responsible for moving the stabilizer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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