index-finger

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• index

  index, dĭcis, com. [1. indico], he who (that which) points out, a pointer, indicator (class.). I L...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• index

  index dicis, m and f in+DIC-, one who points out, a discloser, discoverer, informer, witness : fal...

  An Elementary Latin Dictionary

• Index

  ·noun A prologue indicating what follows. II. Index ·noun That which points out; that which shows, ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• index

  The flat bar which carries the nonius scale and index-glass of a quadrant, octant, quintant, or sext...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Finger

  ·vt To touch lightly; to toy with. II. Finger ·vt To execute, as any delicate work. III. Finger ·v...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• index-error

  The reading of the verniers of the above-named instruments. It is the correction to be applied to th...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• index-glass

  A plane speculum, or mirror of quick-silvered glass, which moves with the index, and is designed to ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• index-rod

  A graduated indicator. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Five-finger

  ·noun ·see <<Cinquefoil>>. II. Five-finger ·noun A starfish with five rays, ·esp. Asterias rubens. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Lady's finger

  ·- The kidney vetch. II. Lady's finger ·- One of the branchiae of the lobster. III. Lady's finger ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• finger post

  A parson: so called, because he points out a way to others which he never goes himself. Like the fin...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bishop's finger

  a guide-post which shews the right way it does not go. Cant term. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• fore-finger

  , or index-finger. The pointing finger, which was called shoot-finger by the Anglo-Saxons, from it...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• shoot-finger

  This was a term in use with the Anglo-Saxons from its necessity in archery, and is now called the tr...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• trigger-finger

  See fore-finger. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• finger in eye

  To put finger in eye; to weep: commonly applied to women. The more you cry the less you'll p-ss; a c...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose