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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 thumb·screw /-ˌskru/
 翼形螺釘,拇指夾

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 thumbscrew
 翼形螺

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Thumb·screw n.
 1. A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.
 2. An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 thumbscrew
      n 1: instrument of torture that crushes the thumb
      2: screw designed to be turned with the thumb and fingers