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Definition of Thumbnut
1. Noun. A threaded nut with winglike projections for thumb and forefinger leverage in turning.
Definition of Thumbnut
1. a nut that is turned by the thumb and fingers [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thumbnut
Literary usage of Thumbnut
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Handbook of Industrial Oil Engineering: A Reference Book of Data by John Rome Battle (1920)
"7e, is operated as follows: When filling, the thumbnut A is turned to the ...
put onto the grease by screwing thumbnut A up to the top of stem B. The rate ..."
2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The shoe is held against the work by a helical spring k, whose tension is adjusted
by the thumbnut /. The spring k bears against the movable nut m, ..."
3. Shop and Foundry Practice: Prepared for Students of the International by International Correspondence Schools (1901)
"The shoe is held against the work by a helical spring k, whose tension is adjusted
by the thumbnut /. The spring k bears against the movable nut m, ..."
4. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"The ink was ejected as required by the contrary motion of the thumbnut.
Foun'taln—pump. 1. One in which a stream with a natural head is led through a FIg. ..."
5. Handbook of meat inspection by Robert von Ostertag, Earley Vernon Wilcox (1907)
"... called attention to the form (resembling a thumbnut) of the basal processes
of the small hooks in C. ..."
6. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1920)
"In use, the adapter is slipped over the binding-post screw, underneath the
thumbnut.—Thos. W. Benson, Philadelphia, Pa. Automatic Testing of Steel Balls A ..."
7. The Handbook of Industrial Oil Engineering: A Reference Book of Data by John Rome Battle (1920)
"7e, is operated as follows: When filling, the thumbnut A is turned to the ...
put onto the grease by screwing thumbnut A up to the top of stem B. The rate ..."
8. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1903)
"The shoe is held against the work by a helical spring k, whose tension is adjusted
by the thumbnut /. The spring k bears against the movable nut m, ..."
9. Shop and Foundry Practice: Prepared for Students of the International by International Correspondence Schools (1901)
"The shoe is held against the work by a helical spring k, whose tension is adjusted
by the thumbnut /. The spring k bears against the movable nut m, ..."
10. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"The ink was ejected as required by the contrary motion of the thumbnut.
Foun'taln—pump. 1. One in which a stream with a natural head is led through a FIg. ..."
11. Handbook of meat inspection by Robert von Ostertag, Earley Vernon Wilcox (1907)
"... called attention to the form (resembling a thumbnut) of the basal processes
of the small hooks in C. ..."
12. Popular Mechanics Shop Notes (1920)
"In use, the adapter is slipped over the binding-post screw, underneath the
thumbnut.—Thos. W. Benson, Philadelphia, Pa. Automatic Testing of Steel Balls A ..."
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