rescrew
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- Rhymes: -uː
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rescrew (third-person singular simple present rescrews, present participle rescrewing, simple past and past participle rescrewed)
- to screw again.
- 1857, English Patents of Inventions, Specifications: 1856, 1872 - 1937, page 7:
- 5th, for single bands, unscrew the large pivots, so that the bands slipping come easily to the desired dimension (rescrew to retain the exact position.
- 1908, Paul Dumesny, J. Noyer, Wood products: distillates and extracts, page 177:
- If it be seen that any of the pins are unscrewed stop the shafting at once and rescrew these pins; rescrew the collars immediately if need be.
- 1994, Carole Marsh, Arkansas "Crinkum-Crankum", Carole Marsh Books, →ISBN, page 57:
- If you screw up unscrew the corkscrew and rescrew to unscrew what you have screwed up.