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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.
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Origin of hand screw
First recorded in 1755–65
Words nearby hand screw
hand-running, hands, hands are tied, handsaw, hand's-breadth, hand screw, hand scroll, hands-down, handsel, handset, hand setting
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