Thumbscrew

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A screw designed so that it can be turned with the thumb and fingers.
  • n. An instrument of torture formerly used to compress the thumb.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A screw that can be turned with the thumb and fingers
  • n. An instrument of torture used to crush the fingers
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.
  • n. An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A screw having a broad head, or a plate projecting from the head, so that it may be turned easily by the finger and thumb.
  • n. An instrument of torture by which one or both thumbs were compressed so as to inflict great agony without danger to life.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers
  • n. instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    screw    instrument of torture   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    thumbkin   
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