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v. i.
To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
n.
A screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.
n.
An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
a.
Without a thumb.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Thump
n.
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
v. t.
To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
n.
Especially, severe pain inflicted judicially, either as punishment for a crime, or for the purpose of extorting a confession from an accused person, as by water or fire, by the boot or thumbkin, or by the rack or wheel.
imp. & p. p.
of Thumb
v. t.
To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.
v. t.
To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon.
n.
A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb.
n.
One who, or that which, thumps.
a.
Having thumbs.
v. i.
To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
imp. & p. p.
of Thump
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Thumb
n.
A sharp blow; a thump.
n.
See Hop-o'-my-thumb.
n.
Alt. of Hop-thumb
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