rescrew

present singular third person rescrews · participle present rescrewing · participle past rescrewed · past rescrewed

1. to screw again.

   If you screw up unscrew the corkscrew and rescrew to unscrew what you have screwed up.

   1994, Carole Marsh, Arkansas "Crinkum-Crankum", Carole Marsh Books, →ISBN, page 57

   2 more examples

   5th, for single bands, unscrew the large pivots, so that the bands slipping come easily to the desired dimension (rescrew to retain the exact position.

   1857, English Patents of Inventions, Specifications: 1856, 1872 - 1937, page 7

   If it be seen that any of the pins are unscrewed stop the shafting at once and rescrew these pins; rescrew the collars immediately if need be.

   1908, Paul Dumesny, J. Noyer, Wood products: distillates and extracts, page 177