screw jack
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How to use screw jack in a sentence
In the case of the screw-jack, it may be used to raise a heavy weight.
The Library of Work and Play: Mechanics, Indoors and Out | Fred T. HodgsonThe screw-jack was powerless to destroy the work of Chaucers time.
Haunted London | Walter ThornburyTo this purpose a screw jack is to be applied aft, and strong purchases on the ice ahead.
Adrift in the Arctic Ice Pack | Elisha Kent KaneOne end of the log was then lifted by a screw-jack until level with the saw-bench.
Redskin and Cow-Boy | G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
British Dictionary definitions for screw jack
a lifting device utilizing the mechanical advantage of a screw thread, the effort being applied through a bevel drive: Also called: jackscrew, jack
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