Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A holder for the dies used in cutting screw-threads.
- noun A small steel plate containing dies by which screws of various sizes may be formed. See cut under
screw-stock . - noun A tool for cutting external screw-threads upon wire, small rods, or pipes. See
die-stock , and cut underscrew-stock .
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Examples
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I held one steady, bottom side up, while Jik covered the screw-plate areas at each end with adhesive.
In The Frame Francis, Dick 1976
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The lower screw-plate on the stern post had wrenched out, and we botched it up roughly as a make-shift.
The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955
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A small screw-plate with ring should be attached to hang it up by.
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A screw-plate with seven holes; and seven sledge-hammers.
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"So have I!" responded the man, laying down the screw-plate with which he was about to cut a fine thread on the end of a small brass rod for the tangent-balance.
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[22.5] A screw-plate is "a hardened steel plate for cutting the threads of small screws by means of a series of drilled and tapped holes of various diameters."
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The pins may have been stock for use with the screw-plate.
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This study biomechanically examined 3 different screw-plate and cable-plate systems for fixation of periprosthetic femoral fractures near the tip of a total hip arthroplasty.
BioMed Central - Latest articles James Lever 2010
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