physic finger
nounEtymology Calque of the Latin digitus medicus.
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The ring finger.
- […] Iasius ('healer') is the physic finger; Idas ('he of Mount Ida' — Rhea's seat) is the oracular little finger.1988, D. August Hunt, The Road of the Sun, →ISBN, page 8:
- Alder, physic finger, By power of divination, Diagnose all maladies of a doubtful mind.1998, Douglas Monroe, The Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magic from the Age of Arthur, →ISBN, page 322:
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- From the confessions given by these witches, it seems that their initiation was sealed by a mark made with a pin prick upon the upper and middle joints of the physic finger.2004, Nathaniel Harris, Witcha: A Book of Cunning, →ISBN, page 107: