screws

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I also intend to leave my rta1320 open tonight as well [the screws are apparently under the rubber feet]

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  1. noun A cylindrical rod incised with one or more helical or advancing spiral threads, as a lead screw or worm screw.
  2. noun The tapped collar or socket that receives this rod.
  3. noun A metal pin with incised threads and a broad slotted head that can be driven as a fastener by turning with a screwdriver, especially:

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  • After the screws are all in, dress off all unevenness where the shelves are mortised into the posts, then mark each shelf and post so that you can put it together again after the parts are finished. —  Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3
  • Holes for the screws should be bored through the posts where the 3/4-in. —  Mission Furniture How to Make It, Part 3
  • With a knave like Burke I would as lief resort to thumb-screws, the boot, the rack, or even to choking the words from him, as to trust to persuasion alone. —  The Paternoster Ruby
  • The screws were available for steering, and thus the vessel could be governed without the rudder. —  Man on the Ocean A Book about Boats and Ships
  • His left shot full into the face of the man who had worked the screws, and both troopers fell prone upon the floor with a crash that shook the building. —  Hunted and Harried
 

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