trigger-finger

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• Trigger

  ·noun A catch to hold the wheel of a carriage on a declivity. II. Trigger ·noun A piece, as a lever...

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• trigger

  In ship-building, is the letting fall the paul of the cradle by which the dog-shore falls flush, and...

  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

• hair-trigger

  n. a Tasmanian name for any plantof genus Stylidium. Called also Trigger-plant,and Jack in a Box (q...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• trigger-plant

  n. i.q. Hairtrigger (q.v.) plant; called also Jack-in-a-box. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• hair-trigger

  A trigger to a gun-lock, so delicately adjusted that the slightest touch will discharge the piece. ...

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• trigger-line

  A line by which the gun is fired. ...

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• Five-finger

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

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• Lady's finger

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

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• 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

• index-finger

  See fore-finger ...

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• fore-finger

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

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• shoot-finger

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

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• 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