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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A screw which has an extension in the form of a pin, the screwed part being used to hold the pin firmly in its socket.
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Since 1862, the wooden wrest-plank has been covered with a plate of iron, the iron screw-pin plate bent at a right angle in front.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 385, May 19, 1883 Various
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