Usually means: Screw secures parts onto shafts.
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  1. setscrew: Merriam-Webster
  2. setscrew: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. setscrew: Collins English Dictionary
  4. setscrew: Vocabulary.com
  5. setscrew: Wiktionary
  6. setscrew: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. setscrew: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. setscrew: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. setscrew: Dictionary.com
  10. setscrew: Rhymezone
  11. setscrew: MyWord.info
  12. setscrew: FreeDictionary.org
  13. setscrew: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. setscrew: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Setscrew)

noun:  Alternative spelling of set screw [A screw with threads along the entire length and no head. Typically, set screws have a hex or slot drive recessed in the threaded length; a grub screw or worm screw.]

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