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A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.

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  1. n. A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.
  2. n. An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
  3. n. instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
  4. n. screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
  5. 1. A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger. 2. An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
  6. n:100 n. instrument of torture that crushes the thumb n. screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers