annularyadj.n.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > annular
annular?a1560
ringed1593
annulary1646
ring-shaped1657
ringy1683
corolliform1854
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 142 Wormes and Leeches..whose bodies consist of round and annulary fibers. View more context for this quotation
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 203 It [sc. the windpipe] is made with annulary Cartilages.
2. Bearing the ring. (Said of the fourth finger of the left hand.) Hence, with ‘finger’ understood.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [adjective] > ring finger
annulary1623
annular1648
1623 tr. A. Favyn Theater of Honour i. v. 49 This Annulary finger becommeth Glandulous and swolne.
1855 Labarte's Arts of Mid. Ages iv. 144 The thumb and annulary crossed.
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adj.n.1623- to have the field to oneself
- to have the foot of
- to have the forehand of
- to have the front
- to have the gallows in one's face
- to have the game by the throat
- to have the game in one's hands
- to have the gingerbread
- to have the good sense to
- to have the good sense to do something
- to have the goodness to do something
- to have the goods
- to have the goods on
- to have the governing in
- to have the governing of
- to have the grab on
- to have the grace to
- to have the ground on one's side
- to have the guns for
- to have the happiness to
- to have the heart
- to have the heart hanging on a jolly pin
- to have the heels of
- to have the higher hand
- to have the honour