| No, U.S. attorneys did not use the thumbscrew or the rack, but they employed torture all the same. |
| He scorned the rack and thumbscrew, declaring they could not reach his soul. |
| How do we stop from sliding down the slippery slope till we reach the oubliette where lurk the rack, the branding-iron, and the thumbscrew? |
| It is possible that the thumbscrew, the rack, or physical mutilation such as ear-cropping would not have been considered cruel by our forebears. |
| One thumbscrew serves to keep the case closed, but the latches make it unnecessary, unless you're transporting the computer. |
| In the Weaver-based sight pictured here, windage is adjusted by turning two, locking, Allen-head windage screws opposite the thumbscrew. |
