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† leech-finger Obs.
[OE. lǽcefinger, a transl. of L. digitus medicus, Gr. δάκτυλος ἰατρικός. Cf. ON. lǽknisfingr; also the Eng. synonyms † medical finger, † physic finger.]
The finger next to the little finger.
c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 394 Sing on ðine læcefinger in pater noster. a1100Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 307/2 Medicus, læcefinger. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 313 Þe fourþe fynger þat is y-cleped þe leche by cause of þe more hiȝtynge and fairenesse, for in þat fynger is a veyne þat streecheþ to þe herte. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 158 Bitwene þe litil fyngir & þe leche fyngir. 1506Kalender of Sheph. A vj (Sommer) III. 15 The lytell seconde fynger..the medyll fyngers..the leche fyngere. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 607 The leach-finger, or ring-finger. |