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Forefinger :: Forefinger (n.) The finger next to the thumb; the index.

Torture :: Torture (n.) Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel..

Ablution :: Ablution (n.) A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest..

Fillip :: Fillip (n.) A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.

Ateles :: Ateles (n.) A genus of American monkeys with prehensile tails, and having the thumb wanting or rudimentary. See Spider monkey, and Coaita..

Thumbed :: Thumbed (a.) Having thumbs.

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger..

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

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

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.

Thumb :: Thumb (v. t.) To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune..

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

Thumb :: Thumb (v. t.) To handle awkwardly.

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

Hop-thumb :: Hop-thumb (n.) See Hop-o'-my-thumb.

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..

Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.

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

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

Finger :: Finger (n.) One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb..

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