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Dactylology :: Dactylology (n.) The art of communicating ideas by certain movements and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb.

Sexdigitism :: Sexdigitism (n.) The state of having six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot..

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

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

Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.

Cubit :: Cubit (n.) A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger..

Pinch :: Pinch (v. t.) To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers, between teeth or claws, or between the jaws of an instrument; to squeeze or compress, as between any two hard bodies..

Index :: Index (n.) That which guides, points out, informs, or directs; a pointer or a hand that directs to anything, as the hand of a watch, a movable finger on a gauge, scale, or other graduated instrument. In printing, a sign used to direct particular attention to a note or paragraph; -- called also fist..

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

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

Palm :: Palm (n.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

Quick :: Quick (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively..

Indigitate :: Indigitate (v. t.) To point out with the finger; to indicate.

Paradactylum :: Paradactylum (n.) The side of a toe or finger.

Adactylous :: Adactylous (a.) Without fingers or without toes.

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..

Fingering :: Fingering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Finge.

Forceps :: Forceps (n.) A pair of pinchers, or tongs; an instrument for grasping, holding firmly, or exerting traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc..

Indigitate :: Indigitate (v. i.) To communicative ideas by the fingers; to show or compute by the fingers.

Felon :: Felon (a.) A kind of whitlow; a painful imflammation of the periosteum of a finger, usually of the last joint..

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