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set⋅screw

[set-skroo]
–noun
a screw passing through a threaded hole in a part to tighten the contact of that part with another, as of a collar with the shaft on which it fits.

Origin:
1850–55; set + screw
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set·screw   (sět'skrōō')   
n.  
  1. A screw, often without a head, used to hold two parts together.

  2. A screw used to regulate the tension of a spring.

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