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Thumbed :: Thumbed (a.) Having thumbs.

Palette :: Palette (n.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments..

Thumbkin :: Thumbkin (n.) An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.

Blob :: Blob (n.) A small fresh-water fish (Uranidea Richardsoni); the miller's thumb.

Trapezium :: Trapezium (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb..

Thumb :: Thumb (n.) The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex..

Thenar :: Thenar (n.) The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.

Pugil :: Pugil (n.) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.

Northumbrian :: Northumbrian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Northumberland.

Fillip :: Fillip (v. t.) To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger..

Persicaria :: Persicaria (n.) See Lady's thumb.

Hop-thumb :: Hop-thumb (n.) A very diminutive person.

Bethumb :: Bethumb (v. t.) To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.

Span :: Span (v. t.) The space from the thumb to the end of the little finger when extended; nine inches; eighth of a fathom.

Thumbless :: Thumbless (a.) Without a thumb.

Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger..

Pinch :: Pinch (n.) As much as may be taken between the finger and thumb; any very small quantity; as, a pinch of snuff..

Thumbing :: Thumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thum.

Hop-o''-my-thumb :: Hop-o'-my-thumb (n.) Alt. of Hop-thum.

Lady''s Thumb :: Lady's thumb () An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle..

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