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Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger..

Finger :: Finger (v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.

Adhere :: Adhere (v. i.) To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura..

Ringman :: Ringman (n.) The ring finger.

Trapezoid :: Trapezoid (n.) A bone of the carpus at the base of the second metacarpal, or index finger..

Stick :: Stick (v. i.) To adhere; as, glue sticks to the fingers; paste sticks to the wall..

Encompass :: Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world..

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

Fingered :: Fingered (a.) Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.

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

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

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

Digitiform :: Digitiform (a.) Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root..

Mitten :: Mitten (n.) A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger..

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

Palm :: Palm (n.) The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers..

Teetotum :: Teetotum (n.) A child's toy, somewhat resembling a top, and twirled by the fingers..

Present :: Present (v. i.) To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible to the finger in vaginal examination; -- said of a part of an infant during labor.

Finger :: Finger (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard..

Wharfinger :: Wharfinger (n.) A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf..

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