hand screw


noun
  1. a screw that can be tightened by the fingers, without the aid of a tool.

  2. Also called hand-screw clamp .Carpentry. a clamp having two wooden jaws that are adjusted by two long screws.

Origin of hand screw

1
First recorded in1755–65

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