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forefinger|ˈfɔəfɪŋgə(r)|
[f. fore- prefix + finger.]
The finger next the thumb: also called the first or index finger.
c1450Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 626 Forefyngure, index. 1579–80North Plutarch (1676) 43 note, When they were conquer'd they held up their fore-finger in sign of yeelding. 1612Peacham Drawing ii. v, Polymnia shall bee drawne as it were acting her speech with her forefinger. 1713Berkeley Guardian No. 39 ⁋3 Her fore-fingers stuck in her ears. 1847Tennyson Princ. ii. 356 Jewels five-words-long That on the stretch'd forefinger of all Time Sparkle for ever. |