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thumbscrew |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Thumbscrew \Thumb"screw`\, n. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thumbscrew n 1: formerly used to torture by squeezing the thumbs 2: screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
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