Crossword-Solution: JACKSCREW
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Jackscrew | n. | A jack in which a screw is used for lifting, or exerting pressure. See Illust. of 2d Jack, n., 5. |
We have 1 clue for the answer “JACKSCREW”
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| Heavy-lifting machine | 2 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
A moving of the mind or soul; excitement of the feelings,
whether pleasing or painful; disturbance or agitation of mind caused by
a specific exciting cause and manifested by some sensible effect on the
body.
Hint 2 anagram
NETOMIO
Hint 3 another clue
A FEELING OF GREAT ELATION
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Sentences with JACKSCREW (4)
Your car is too big for one person to stir-- Your chauffeur is a little man, too; Yet he lifts that machine, does the little chauffeur, By the power of a gentle jackscrew.
The axle was slightly bent, and a blacksmith had to bring clamps and a jackscrew before the new wheel could be adjusted.
The Governor’s lady enlivened the tedious voyage over by telling of several little incidents that had occurred; one was when the _Mayflower_ during a severe storm was saved from going to the bottom by some one wedging a _kracht_, or jackscrew, in a leak that had suddenly sprung amidships.
Beyond this was a low table provided with an arrangement of ropes attached at one end to a post at the other to a large wooden jackscrew.
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Appears in: Universal.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (2008).