English to Shona Meaning of thumbscrew - thumbscrew

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Definitions of thumbscrew in English

Noun(1) instrument of torture that crushes the thumb(2) screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers

Examples of thumbscrew in English

(1) The base is inserted into the top of the carrying handle and cinched down with a thumbscrew that goes through a hole in the top of the carrying handle.(2) One is not bound to regard torture as only present in a mediaeval dungeon where the appliances of rack and thumbscrew or similar devices were employed.(3) The removable motherboard tray is secured with a single thumbscrew .(4) I'm coming up a bit short this month and the credit card company says that they will have to resort to the thumbscrew and hot irons strategy if I don't cough up.(5) If you're like most Linux users, you never put all the screws back in, so rest assured that this case stays together with just the thumbscrew .(6) In the other, a wooden thumbscrew holds the guide in place.(7) The V1000 is essentially tool-less, and removal of the side panels require a simple twist on the thumbscrew and unlatching the locking mechanism.(8) Fans of the thumbscrew and the cat o’ nine tails will be dismayed to learn that the nanny state has also outlawed anything that breaks the skin.(9) The size of the thumbscrew allowed me to get enough torque to secure my PCI cards without a screwdriver - one less hassle for the user.(10) Yes, we even have a tray for the front fan, a 120 mm mounting that has a spring-loaded thumbscrew .(11) I bet the chancellor would like to have a thumbscrew handy.(12) No, U.S. attorneys did not use the thumbscrew or the rack, but they employed torture all the same.(13) With a large thumbscrew , you can adjust the lever pivot in or out and hence vary the leverage ratio.(14) And it is the most incredibly dreadful and evil prolonged pain delivery device ever conceived by man since the thumbscrew or the fiction of L. Ron Hubbard.(15) In the Weaver-based sight pictured here, windage is adjusted by turning two, locking, Allen-head windage screws opposite the thumbscrew .(16) How do we stop from sliding down the slippery slope till we reach the oubliette where lurk the rack, the branding-iron, and the thumbscrew ?

Related Phrases of thumbscrew

(1) thumbscrew ::

thumbscrew

(2) screw ::

sikuruu

(3) thumb ::

gunwe

Related Phrases of thumbscrew

(1) thumbscrew ::

thumbscrew

(2) screw ::

sikuruu

(3) thumb ::

gunwe

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