hand screw
- 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
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The back of the copying-frame, showing the hand-screw and pressure-board.
The Boy's Playbook of ScienceJohn Henry Pepper