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| amputate |
to cut off all or part of (a leg, arm, finger, or toe), esp. surgically. |
| brass knuckles |
a band of metal with finger holes that is worn over the knuckles in a fist fight in order to cause greater injury than bare knuckles. |
| clarinet |
a woodwind instrument with a reed mouthpiece attached to a long tube with finger holes and keys along its length. |
| cubit |
an ancient unit of length equal to about seventeen to twenty-two inches, or the length from the elbow to the end of the middle finger. |
| dactyl |
a finger or toe. [1/2 definitions] |
| dial |
a movable disk with numbered finger holes on some older telephones. A telephone dial allows the caller to select the numbers being called by turning the disk. [1/6 definitions] |
| digit |
a finger or toe. [1/2 definitions] |
| digital |
of, pertaining to, using, or resembling a digit, esp. a finger. [1/5 definitions] |
| felon2 |
a serious infection of the finger or toe, usu. near the nail. |
| fillip |
to strike by suddenly releasing a finger that has been held down with the thumb. [2/5 definitions] |
| finger |
one of the five jointed parts at the end of the hand. Sometimes the thumb is not counted as a finger. [2/3 definitions] |
| fingernail |
a hard, clear piece that grows at the end of the finger. |
| fingerprint |
a mark made by the tip of a finger on an object that it has touched. Police and hospital records keep fingerprints made by a finger dipped in ink. These are used for identification, because no two people have the same fingerprint. [1/2 definitions] |
| fingertip |
the extreme tip of the finger. |
| first finger |
the finger next to the thumb; forefinger; index finger. |
| flageolet |
a small vertical flute with a fipple, four finger holes, and two thumb holes. [1/2 definitions] |
| flick |
a sharp, light blow or stroke, as with a finger, brush, whip, or the like. [1/6 definitions] |
| flute |
a woodwind instrument with a high pitch. It is a long tube with finger holes or keys along it and is played by blowing into a hole near one end. |
| forefinger |
the finger next to the thumb; index finger. |
| give someone the finger |
(slang) to express anger or contempt by extending the middle finger upward. |
| glove |
a covering for the hand that has separate parts for each finger and the thumb. |
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