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Athetosis :: Athetosis (n.) A variety of chorea, marked by peculiar tremors of the fingers and toes..

Pointing :: Pointing (n.) The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod..

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.

Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin..

Point :: Point (v. i.) To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at..

Ring :: Ring (v. t.) To fit with a ring or with rings, as the fingers, or a swine's snout..

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

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..

Digital :: Digital (a.) Of or performance to the fingers, or to digits; done with the fingers; as, digital compression; digital examination..

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

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work..

Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed..

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers..

Stump :: Stump (n.) The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom..

Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..

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

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

Butter-fingered :: Butter-fingered (a.) Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless..

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

Action :: Action (n.) The mechanical contrivance by means of which the impulse of the player's finger is transmitted to the strings of a pianoforte or to the valve of an organ pipe.

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