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  2. Thumbscrew (torture) - Wikipedia

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    The thumbscrew is a torture instrument which was first used in early modern Europe. It is a simple vise , sometimes with protruding studs on the interior surfaces. Victims' thumbs, fingers, or toes were placed in the vice and slowly crushed.

  3. Thumbscrew - Wikipedia

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    Thumbscrew can mean: Thumbscrew (torture) , a screwed device formerly used for torture Thumbscrew (fastener) , a type of screw with a tall head and ridged or knurled sides, or a flat vertical head, intended to be tightened and loosened by hand

  4. List of screw drives - Wikipedia

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    A thumbscrew is a type of screw drive with either a tall head and ridged or knurled sides, or a key-like flat-sided vertical head. They are intended to be tightened and loosened with the bare hand , and are usually not found in structural applications.

  5. Computer case screws - Wikipedia

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    From left to right: a #6-32 UNC thumbscrew, a #6-32 UNC screw, an M3 screw and a self-tapping screw for case fans Computer case screws are the hardware used to secure parts of a PC to the case . Although there are numerous manufacturers of computer cases, they have generally used three thread sizes.

  6. Boot (torture) - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish boot was an iron casing for the leg and foot. Wood or iron wedges were hammered in between the casing and the victim's flesh. A similar device, commonly referred to as a shin crusher, squeezed the calf between two curved iron plates, studded with spikes, teeth, and knobs, to fracture the tibia and fibula.

  7. Talk:Thumbscrew (torture) - Wikipedia

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    This very article says the thumbscrew was "first used in early modern Europe." Then this statement in the opener says "Obviously based upon the thumbscrew...the foot-crushing boot enjoyed extreme popularity in the torture chambers of medieval and Enlightenment France." Clearly this makes no sense.

  8. Goat's tongue - Wikipedia

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    An artistic depiction of a goat licking a criminal's foot as a form of torture, from a torture museum in Germany.. The goat's tongue is a method of torture which may or may not have been practiced in medieval Europe, whereby a goat would lick the feet of a victim whose soles were previously drenched in saltwater, supposedly causing the peeling of skin. [1]

  9. Category:European instruments of torture - Wikipedia

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