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imp. & p. p.
of Thumb
a.
Having thumbs.
n.
The goldcrest.
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.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Thumb
n.
See Hop-o'-my-thumb.
v. i.
To play with the thumb or thumbs; to play clumsily; to thrum.
n.
An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.
n.
An instrument of torture for compressing the thumb; a thumbscrew.
v. t.
To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key.
a.
Soiled by handling.
v. t.
To play with the thumbs, or with the thumbs and fingers; as, to thumb over a tune.
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 screw having a flat-sided or knurled head, so that it may be turned by the thumb and forefinger.
n.
A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb.
v. t.
To handle awkwardly.
a.
Without a thumb.
n.
The prominence of the palm above the base of the thumb; the thenar eminence; the ball of the thumb. Sometimes applied to the corresponding part of the foot.
n.
The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See Pollex.
n.
Alt. of Hop-thumb
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