turn-screw

"Are these toys which I have in my hand also cutting instruments?" asked the King, showing them a cork-screw, a turn-screw,and a steel for lighting.

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"Are these toys which I have in my hand also cutting instruments?" asked the King, showing them a cork-screw, a turn-screw, and a steel for lighting.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

But one nervous young lady, whose agitation was being manifested by her feet alone, happened to touch with the toe of her boot the turn-screw of the hot-air register.

Romance of California Life John Habberton 1881

I don't tink he understand dat it come from prison, only dat it come from someone who wanted some rope and a turn-screw.

With Lee in Virginia A Story of the American Civil War 1867

It had been cut in half, one end had been scooped out for the reception of the handle of the turn-screw, and the metal been driven in to the head in the other half.

With Lee in Virginia: a story of the American Civil War 1867

He spell it out word by word, but I don't tink he understand dat it come from prison, only dat it come from some one who wanted some rope and a turn-screw.

With Lee in Virginia: a story of the American Civil War 1867

Instead, therefore, of being built into solid stone and fastened in by lead, they were merely screwed on to the wooden framework of the windows, and by a strong turn-screw a bar could be removed in five minutes.

With Lee in Virginia: a story of the American Civil War 1867

He was joined immediately by the others; the turn-screw was set to work; and, as he expected, Vincent found no trouble whatever with the screws, which were not yet rusted in the wood, and turned immediately when the powerful screw-driver was applied to them.

With Lee in Virginia: a story of the American Civil War 1867

To-morrow, no doubt, Dan would supply him somehow with a turn-screw.

With Lee in Virginia: a story of the American Civil War 1867

Thus with his sabre, his loaded knapsack, three flints, his turn-screw, his belt and musket, he had to carry fifty-eight pounds weight, and was provided with bread for four days, biscuit for four, flour for seven, and sixty rounds of ammunition.

History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon in the Year 1812 Philippe-Paul S��gur 1826