transitive. To compress or hold tightly using an instrument operated by screwing, such as a vice or press; to put (an item) into a press or vice…
| 单词 | θ173020 |
| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > with thumb-screw (2) screw1617 transitive. To compress or hold tightly using an instrument operated by screwing, such as a vice or press; to put (an item) into a press or vice… thumbscrew1771 transitive. To torture by screwing the thumbs; to torture with or as with thumbscrews. |
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