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Mercuʹrial Finger (The)

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“The thumb, in chiromancy, we give to Venus,

The forefinger to Jove, the midst to Saturn,

The ring to Sol, the least to Mercury.”


Ben Jonson: The Alchemist, i. l.

⁂ If pointed it denotes eloquence, if square it denotes sound judgment.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Menu
Meo Periculo (Latin)
Mephibosheth
Mephistopheles, Mephistophilis, Mephostophilus
Mercador Amante
Mercator’s Projection is Mercator’s chart or map for nautical purposes
Merchant of Venice
Mercia
Mercurial
Mercurial Finger (The)
Mercuriale
Mercury
Mercury
Mercury Fig
Mercutio
Mercy
Meredith (Owen)
Meridian (A)
Merino Sheep
Merioneth