† Blake's screwn.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Blake , screw n.¹

Etymology: < the genitive of the name of Richard Blake (active c1806–55), British shipwright who invented this screw + screw n.¹

Obsolete.

A screw (screw n.¹ 4a) with an eyebolt at the head, used to temporarily secure parts of the hull of a wooden vessel to each other while under construction.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > nails, rivets bolts

rove and clench1336

scupper-nail1485

wrakling1494

ribbing-nail1703

filling-nail1784

Blake's screw1840

in-and-out bolts1841

scarp-bolt1867

pan head1869

1840 A. F. B. Creuze Treat. Theory & Pract. Naval Archit. 80/2 The plank..is temporarily secured by Blake's screws, and allowed to season.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 256/1 The outside planking is temporarily secured to the frames by fastenings, known as ‘Blake's screws’... These screws consist of bolts with an eye formed on one end and a wood-screw cut on the other.

1900 Marine Engin. Apr. 142/2 Each set of poppets was connected together outside the cradle by steel ‘dagger’ plates..secured to the poppets by Blake's screws.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	blakes screw
释义	† Blake's screwn. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Blake , screw n.¹ Etymology: < the genitive of the name of Richard Blake (active c1806–55), British shipwright who invented this screw + screw n.¹ Obsolete. A screw (screw n.¹ 4a) with an eyebolt at the head, used to temporarily secure parts of the hull of a wooden vessel to each other while under construction. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > [noun] > shipbuilding > nails, rivets bolts rove and clench1336 scupper-nail1485 wrakling1494 ribbing-nail1703 filling-nail1784 Blake's screw1840 in-and-out bolts1841 scarp-bolt1867 pan head1869 1840 A. F. B. Creuze Treat. Theory & Pract. Naval Archit. 80/2 The plank..is temporarily secured by Blake's screws, and allowed to season. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) III. 256/1 The outside planking is temporarily secured to the frames by fastenings, known as ‘Blake's screws’... These screws consist of bolts with an eye formed on one end and a wood-screw cut on the other. 1900 Marine Engin. Apr. 142/2 Each set of poppets was connected together outside the cradle by steel ‘dagger’ plates..secured to the poppets by Blake's screws. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1840
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