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Pollex :: Pollex (n.) The first, or preaxial, digit of the fore limb, corresponding to the hallux in the hind limb; the thumb. In birds, the pollex is the joint which bears the bastard wing..

Trapezium :: Trapezium (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb..

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

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

Fico :: Fico (n.) A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you..

Chameck :: Chameck (n.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail..

Burr :: Burr (n.) A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr..

Thumbing :: Thumbing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thum.

Pugil :: Pugil (n.) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.

Persicaria :: Persicaria (n.) See Lady's thumb.

Tear-thumb :: Tear-thumb (n.) A name given to several species of plants of the genus Polygonum, having angular stems beset with minute reflexed prickles..

Yapock :: Yapock (n.) A South American aquatic opossum (Chironectes variegatus) found in Guiana and Brazil. Its hind feet are webbed, and its fore feet do not have an opposable thumb for climbing. Called also water opossum..

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

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

Castanets :: Castanets (n. pl.) Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars..

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

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

Thumbed :: Thumbed (imp. & p. p.) of Thum.

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

Thumb :: Thumb (v. i.) To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.

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