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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.

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

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..

Starfish :: Starfish (n.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid..

Mitt :: Mitt (n.) A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers..

Coudee :: Coudee (n.) A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.

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

Palm :: Palm (n.) A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.

Indigitation :: Indigitation (n.) The act of pointing out as with the finger; indication.

Supple :: Supple (a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers..

Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger..

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..

Chirogymnast :: Chirogymnast (n.) A mechanical contrivance for exercising the fingers of a pianist.

Gripper :: Gripper (n.) In printing presses, the fingers or nippers..

Dactylonomy :: Dactylonomy (n.) The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.

Open :: Open (a.) Not closed or stopped with the finger; -- said of the string of an instrument, as of a violin, when it is allowed to vibrate throughout its whole length..

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

Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () A variety of small cake of about the dimensions of a finger.

Pick :: Pick (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc..

Shut :: Shut (v. t.) To fold together; to close over, as the fingers; to close by bringing the parts together; as, to shut the hand; to shut a book..

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