hand screw
noun
a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.
Also called hand-screw clamp .Carpentry. a clamp having two wooden jaws that are adjusted by two long screws.
Origin of hand screw
1First recorded in1755–65
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How to use hand screw in a sentence
The main valves are connected by a right and left hand screw, to enable their adjustment, as are also the cut-off valves.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught | Joshua RoseContact is thus made between the upper binding screw and the left-hand screw.
Electric Bells and All About Them | S. R. BottoneThe halved lap joint is easily clamped up with a common hand screw, even when the frame is a very large one.
The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration | Charles Franklin WarnerA hand screw or vise should be opened to almost the distance required.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousThe back of the copying-frame, showing the hand-screw and pressure-board.
The Boy's Playbook of Science | John Henry Pepper
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