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Meaning of physic finger | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The ring finger.

Examples

“[…] Iasius ('healer') is the physic finger; Idas ('he of Mount Ida' — Rhea's seat) is the oracular little finger.”

“Alder, physic finger, By power of divination, Diagnose all maladies of a doubtful mind.”

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

physic garden physic nut physical physical anthropology physical break physical change