Crossword clues for setscrew
Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of set screw English)
WordNet
n. a screw that is used to adjust the tension on a spring
a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted
Usage examples of "setscrew".
Chinese with the very basic facts that the propeller had on one side a square opening to fit the shaft, and on the other a fairwater that had to point astern, and around its collar four big setscrews that had to be made immovably tight.
Then the deckhands lowered the big brass thing on ropes while the Chinese went down another, one of them carrying the setscrew wrench in his teeth.
He twisted setscrews until it settled into an even keening, and turned to me.
He began punching buttons for data and fiddling with setscrews and verniers.
All that was required was for Chief Beck—doing much sign language and occasionally drawing with a piece of charcoal on the deck—to acquaint the Chinese with the very basic facts that the propeller had on one side a square opening to fit the shaft, and on the other a fairwater that had to point astern, and around its collar four big setscrews that had to be made immovably tight.