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wrenchor spannerTool, usually operated by hand, for tightening bolts and nuts. A wrench basically consists of a lever with a notch at one or both ends for gripping the bolt or nut so that it can be twisted by a pull at right angles to the axes of the lever and the bolt or nut. Open-end wrenches have ends with straight-sided slots that fit over the part being tightened; box-end wrenches have ends that enclose the nut and have six, eight, 12, or 16 points inside the head. A socket wrench is essentially a short pipe with a square or hexagonal hole and either a permanent or a removable handle. spanner a steel hand tool with a handle carrying jaws or a hole of particular shape designed to grip a nut or bolt head spanner [′span·ər] (design engineering) A wrench with a semicircular head having a projection or hole at one end. (engineering) A horizontal brace. An artificial horizon attachment for a sextant. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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There was a saddlebag with spanner and oilcan, but no clue as to the owner. I lived in an infernal mess of rust, filings, nuts, bolts, spanners, hammers, ratchet-drills--things I abominate, because I don't get on with them. |
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