misscrew

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ screw

Verb

misscrew (third-person singular simple present misscrews, present participle misscrewing, simple past and past participle misscrewed)

1. To screw in incorrectly.
   • 1916, Clinton Holland Stagg, High Speed, page 80:

     For minutes he stood staring down at the engine, fixing in his mind every misscrewed nut and hammered bolt end, every sloppy connection and speck of rust.

   • 1997, Ian Duffield, James Bradley, Representing Convicts, page 159:

     Robert Greenfield per Countess Harcourt, 2 Sept. 1829, 'wilfully impeding the work of one of the mills by misscrewing part of the machinery — 25 lashes' ;