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  • 21thumbscrew — n. 1 an instrument of torture for crushing the thumbs. 2 a screw with a flattened head for turning with the thumb and forefinger …

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  • 22Octant (instrument) — Octant. This instrument, labelled Crichton London, Sold by J Berry, Aberdeen, appears to have an ebony frame with ivory scale, vernier and signature plate. The index arm and mirror supports are brass. Rather than use a sighting telescope, this… …

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  • 23hand tool — any tool or implement designed for manual operation. * * * Introduction  any of the implements used by craftsmen in manual operations, such as chopping, chiseling, sawing, filing, or forging. Complementary tools, often needed as auxiliaries to… …

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  • 24List of screw drives — Contents 1 Common types 1.1 External types 1.1.1 Square 1.1.2 Hex …

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  • 25List of Thumb Wrestling Federation characters — The following below are characters from the show Thumb Wrestling Federation. Contents 1 Dexteras 1.1 Vini Vidi Victory 1.2 Hometown Huck 1.3 Mr. Extremo …

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  • 26screw — I. noun Etymology: Middle English scrue, from Middle French escroe female screw, nut, from Medieval Latin scrofa, from Latin, sow Date: 15th century 1. a. a simple machine of the inclined plane type consisting of a spirally grooved solid cylinder …

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  • 27Torture — Torture, according to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, is any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him, or a third person,… …

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  • 28Isogram — For the term in geography and cartography, see contour line. An isogram (also known as a nonpattern word ) is a logological term for a word or phrase without a repeating letter. It is also used by some to mean a word or phrase in which each… …

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  • 29Tripod (photography) — A camera mounted on a tripod. In photography, a tripod is used to stabilize and elevate a camera, or to support flashes or other photographic equipment. All photographic tripods have three legs and a mounting head to couple with a camera. The… …

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  • 30Cat's-whisker detector — Galena cat s whisker detector Precision cat s whisker d …

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