A conventional figure of a hand with the forefinger extended (☛), used in writing or printing to draw attention to something. Cf. fist, n.1 2b.
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| 释义 | society > communication > printing > printers' symbols and directions > [noun] > finger or hand in margin (5) hand1553 A conventional figure of a hand with the forefinger extended (☛), used in writing or printing to draw attention to something. Cf. fist, n.1 2b. marginal finger1604 a diagrammatic finger or hand set in the margin of a page to draw attention to something in the main text; also figurative. index1727 Printing. = hand, n. 8b ? Obsolete. fist-note1934 in Printing, matter of particular importance signalled by a symbol in the shape of a hand with the index finger extended. manicule1986 An image, symbol, or typographic mark depicting a hand with a pointing forefinger (☛), esp. used in writing or printing to draw the reader's… |
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