Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for making screws.
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Examples
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For a lot of years I've hunted with 140-grain Nosler Solid Bases and the old 160-grain Nosler screw-machine Partitions.
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'Deplorable phraseology or not, I've got enough data to put the probability out beyond the nine-sigma point-the same probability as that an automatic screw-machine running six-thirty-two brass hex nuts would accidentally turn out a thirty-six-inch jet-ring made of pure titanite, diamond ground, finished, and fitted.
Masters Of The Vortex Smith, E. E. 1972
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The general consensus of opinion among the screw-machine manufacturers is that S.A. E.No. 6,130 steel gives the best machineability and that S.A. E.No. 2,330 steel would receive second choice of the three specified.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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A. second choice for carbon-steel screw-machine parts we recommend ordinary bessemer screw stock, purchased in accordance with S.A. E. specification No. 1114.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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We recommend as first choice for carbon-steel screw-machine parts material produced by the basic open hearth process and having the following chemical composition;
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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This material gave as uniform physical properties as S.A. E.No. 1020 steel and at the same time was sufficiently free cutting to produce a smooth thread and enable the screw-machine manufacturers to produce, to the same thread limits, approximately 75 per cent as many parts as from bessemer screw stock.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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It is sufficiently uniform to be used for unimportant carburized parts, as well as for non-heat-treated screw-machine parts.
The Working of Steel Annealing, Heat Treating and Hardening of Carbon and Alloy Steel 1916
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'Yes, sir,' said Jeremiah, twisting himself at the visitor again, as he did during the whole of this dialogue, like some screw-machine that fell short of its grip; for the other never changed, and he always felt obliged to retreat a little.
Little Dorrit Charles Dickens 1841
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Jack deposited his load in a corner, and ran out; we soon saw him return with a huge screw-machine on his head, which he placed before Ernest, saying, with an air of respect, --
The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Johann David Wyss 1780
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