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Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

Pat :: Pat (v. t.) To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, to pat a dog..

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..

Mid :: Mid (superl.) Occupying a middle position; middle; as, the mid finger; the mid hour of night..

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

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

Finger :: Finger (n.) Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion..

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..

Finger :: Finger (n.) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument..

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.

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

Dactylar :: Dactylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean..

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger..

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

Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.

Chirologist :: Chirologist (n.) One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.

Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () One of the branchiae of the lobster.

Opposable :: Opposable (a.) Capable of being placed opposite something else; as, the thumb is opposable to the forefinger..

Minimus :: Minimus (n.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes..

Bone :: Bone (n.) Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.

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