† compectinationn.
Obsolete. rare.
Union of the hands with the fingers interlocked, like two combs.
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1644 J. Bulwer Chirologia 28 This Compectination or Weeping Crosse of the Hand is elegantly described by Apuleius.
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n.1644- to applaud to the echo
- to apply the acid
- to apply the long handle
- to appoint, set a stint
- to approbate and reprobate
- to arch up
- to archbishop it
- to argue a person into or out of
- to argue a thing away, off
- to argue away, off
- to argue into or out of
- to argue the toss
- to arm a esp oneself to the teeth
- to arm a person to the teeth
- to arm against
- to arm out
- to arm the lead
- to arm to the teeth
- to arms!
- to array a battle
- to be on tenterhooks
- to be on the bad side of a person
- to be on the ball
- to be on the beam
- to be on the better or wrong side of the hedge