- A poetical foot of three sylables (-- ~ ~), one long
followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as,
L. tegm/n/, E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its
arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. - A finger or toe; a digit. - The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or
crustacean.
Definition
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