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Definitions for "Thumbscrew"
Keywords:  screw, thumbkin, knurled, forefinger, torture
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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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An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
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instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
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