thumbscrewn.

Forms: Also thumb-screw.

Etymology: < thumb n. + screw n.¹; compare German daumschraube.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthumb-screw.

1. A screw with a flattened or winged head, adapted for being turned with the thumb and fingers; a butterfly screw; also a small clamp adjusted by such a screw.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > screw > for turning with finger and thumb

finger screw1768

thumbscrew1795

butterfly screw1861

1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. (Gloss.) 236 Thumb Nut or Screw.

1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. Pl. xxiv On the side of the tub is a thumb screw fixed to the lever underneath, which regulates the stones.

1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. at Screw Clamp Small screw clamps are sometimes called thumb screws.

1908 Times 22 Apr. 5/5 A thumb-screw securing the sashes had been removed.

2. An instrument of torture by which one or both thumbs were compressed; cf. thumbikins n.; also called ‘the screws’ (screw n.¹ 7).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > thumb-screw

pilliwinks1397

screw1663

thumbikins1684

finger stocks1686

finger pillory1801

thumb-lock1801

thumbscrew1816

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 584 Little screws of steel were made use of, that screwed the thumbs [etc.: see screw n.¹ 1e].]

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 137 An oaken table..on which lay thumb-screws, and an iron case, called the Scottish boot.

1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 200 Such intellects as devised the rack and the thumb-screw.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 290 The using of racks and thumbscrews for the purpose of forcing prisoners to accuse themselves.

1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iii. 34 A grim functionary, whose countenance was suggestive of dungeons and thumb~screws.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

thumbscrewv.

Forms: Also thumb-screw.

Etymology: < thumb n. + screw v., or < thumbscrew n.; evidenced earlier than the noun.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthumb-screw.

transitive. To torture by screwing the thumbs; to torture with or as with thumbscrews.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > with thumb-screw

screw1617

thumbscrew1771

the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > affect with type of pain [verb (transitive)] > affect with anguish or torment

tintreghec1175

torment1297

raimc1300

pinse?c1335

grindc1350

sowa1352

pang1520

rack1562

torture1598

throea1616

pincer1620

excruciate1623

thumbscrew1771

1771 E. Long Trial of Carter's Dog in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 199 He must..be thumb-screwed.

1792 Gentleman's Mag. 62 i. 260/2 Think what tortures we endur'd,..Whipp'd, chain'd, thumb~screw'd.

1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 377 We tax, distrain, screw, thumb-screw, incarcerate.

Derivatives

ˈthumbscrewing n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > with thumb-screws

thumbscrewing1882

society > authority > punishment > torture > [adjective] > with thumb-screws

thumbscrewing1882

1882 Standard 9 Sept. 5/5 His Highness admits that a case of thumb-screwing has come to his knowledge.

1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Dec. 2/2 We have little sympathy with the thriftless borrowers, but less with the thumbscrewing Shylock.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	thumbscrew
释义	thumbscrewn. Forms: Also thumb-screw. Etymology: < thumb n. + screw n.¹; compare German daumschraube.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthumb-screw. 1. A screw with a flattened or winged head, adapted for being turned with the thumb and fingers; a butterfly screw; also a small clamp adjusted by such a screw. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > screw > for turning with finger and thumb finger screw1768 thumbscrew1795 butterfly screw1861 1795 W. Felton Treat. Carriages II. (Gloss.) 236 Thumb Nut or Screw. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. I. Pl. xxiv On the side of the tub is a thumb screw fixed to the lever underneath, which regulates the stones. 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. at Screw Clamp Small screw clamps are sometimes called thumb screws. 1908 Times 22 Apr. 5/5 A thumb-screw securing the sashes had been removed. 2. An instrument of torture by which one or both thumbs were compressed; cf. thumbikins n.; also called ‘the screws’ (screw n.¹ 7). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > thumb-screw pilliwinks1397 screw1663 thumbikins1684 finger stocks1686 finger pillory1801 thumb-lock1801 thumbscrew1816 a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 584 Little screws of steel were made use of, that screwed the thumbs [etc.: see screw n.¹ 1e].] 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality vii, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 137 An oaken table..on which lay thumb-screws, and an iron case, called the Scottish boot. 1832 G. Downes Lett. from Continental Countries I. 200 Such intellects as devised the rack and the thumb-screw. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 290 The using of racks and thumbscrews for the purpose of forcing prisoners to accuse themselves. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany iii. 34 A grim functionary, whose countenance was suggestive of dungeons and thumb~screws. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). thumbscrewv. Forms: Also thumb-screw. Etymology: < thumb n. + screw v., or < thumbscrew n.; evidenced earlier than the noun.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthumb-screw. transitive. To torture by screwing the thumbs; to torture with or as with thumbscrews. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > with thumb-screw screw1617 thumbscrew1771 the world > health and disease > ill health > pain > types of pain > affect with type of pain [verb (transitive)] > affect with anguish or torment tintreghec1175 torment1297 raimc1300 pinse?c1335 grindc1350 sowa1352 pang1520 rack1562 torture1598 throea1616 pincer1620 excruciate1623 thumbscrew1771 1771 E. Long Trial of Carter's Dog in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 199 He must..be thumb-screwed. 1792 Gentleman's Mag. 62 i. 260/2 Think what tortures we endur'd,..Whipp'd, chain'd, thumb~screw'd. 1835 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 2 377 We tax, distrain, screw, thumb-screw, incarcerate. Derivatives ˈthumbscrewing n. and adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > with thumb-screws thumbscrewing1882 society > authority > punishment > torture > [adjective] > with thumb-screws thumbscrewing1882 1882 Standard 9 Sept. 5/5 His Highness admits that a case of thumb-screwing has come to his knowledge. 1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 22 Dec. 2/2 We have little sympathy with the thriftless borrowers, but less with the thumbscrewing Shylock. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1795v.1771
随便看	machine-minding machine-monger machine-mould machine-moulding machine-oriented machine-piano machine-pistol machine-planed machine-printed machine-printer machine-printing machine-processable machine-production machine-readable machine-riveting machine-ruled machine-ruler machine-sensible machine-set machine-sewed machine-sewn machine-shed machine-society machine-specific machine-stitch