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Dactyliology :: Dactyliology (n.) That branch of archaeology which has to do with finger rings.

Dactylitis :: Dactylitis (n.) An inflammatory affection of the fingers.

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..

Hermodactyl :: Hermodactyl (n.) A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic..

Jam :: "Jam (v. t.) To crush or bruise; as, to jam a finger in the crack of a door..

Aurora :: Aurora (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew..

Chirology :: Chirology (n.) The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

Guitar :: Guitar (n.) A stringed instrument of music resembling the lute or the violin, but larger, and having six strings, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers..

Prestidigital :: Prestidigital (a.) Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling..

Stour :: Stoup (n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup..

Virginal :: Virginal (v. i.) To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat..

Finger :: Finger (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard..

Digitule :: Digitule (n.) A little finger or toe, or something resembling one..

Digit :: Digit (n.) A finger's breadth, commonly estimated to be three fourths of an inch..

Chiroplast :: Chiroplast (n.) An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc..

Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To perform on an instrument of music.

Five-finger :: Five-finger (n.) See Cinquefoil.

Grasp :: Grasp (v. t.) To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of.

Digit :: Digit (n.) One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing..

Span :: Span (v. t.) To measure by the span of the hand with the fingers extended, or with the fingers encompassing the object; as, to span a space or distance; to span a cylinder..

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