fibulatev.
/ˈfɪbjʊleɪt/ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > touch or feel with the hand [verb (intransitive)] > touch or handle idly or restlessly
finger1546
to wash one's hands1570
fibulate1640
1640 R. Brome Antipodes sig. D3 Your fingers fibulating on your breast.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > fasten [verb (transitive)] > together
bind1535
tie1585
ingrapple1599
fibulate1656
tag1681
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Fibulate, to joyn, or fasten together.
3. transitive. To put a button on (a foil).
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1859 [see fibulated adj. at Derivatives].
Derivatives
ˈfibulated adj.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [adjective] > furnished with a button
buttoned1771
fibulated1859
1859 T. De Quincey Cæsars (rev. ed.) in Wks. X. 138 Perhaps buttoned, fibulated, as in the case of our own foils.
fibuˈlation n. (see quot.).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > [noun]
anchoring1495
fibulation1658
fastening1691
tacking1713
spanning1874
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Fibulation, a buttoning, or joyning together.
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