单词 | least finger |
释义 | > as lemmasleast finger least finger n. (in the human hand) the small finger furthest from the thumb; = little finger n. 1. ΚΠ OE tr. Pseudo-Apuleius Herbarium (Vitell.) (1984) iii. 42 Wiþ heafdes sare genim fifleafan ða wyrt; bewrit þriwa mid þam læstan fingre & mid þam ðuman. OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) iii. ii. 140 Læt gan þæt getæl, swa we nu cwædon, þæt þu cume to þæs læstan fingres nægle. c1300 St. Michael (Laud) l. 326 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 309 With..is leste finguer, he bi-guynneth heom furst to tolle. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 370) (1850) 2 Chron. x. 10 My lest fynger is gretter than the reynes of my fadir. c1450 J. Metham Palmistry (Garrett) in Wks. (1916) 92 (MED) Yf yt [sc. a streak] procede to the lest fyngyr, yt betokynnyth ryches in the laste age. ?1567 Def. Priestes Mariages (new ed.) 199 Our holy hypocrites.., that lay heauie burthens vpon other mens backes, & will not ease the burthen with the least finger of their handes. 1619 T. Milles tr. P. Mexia et al. Αρχαιο-πλουτος 690/2 [Rings] are..so subiect and light, that they may be worne on the least finger of the hand. 1785 in tr. C. Linnaeus Syst. Veg. I. Index p. xl The space between the points of the thumb and least finger when extended. 1858 Young Men's Mag. Sept. 216 The left hand is generally considered the ring hand—and the least finger of that hand holds the ring. 1916 Clinics J. B. Murphy, M.D., Chicago 5 291 The two tendons of the index, that of the middle, that of the ring, and the two tendons of the least finger. 2002 N. Tosches In Hand of Dante 248 The hand of the Creator, clenched save for index finger and least finger, which were extended outright. < as lemmas |
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