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index finger

NOUN
first finger
Synonyms
STRONGEST
forefinger pointer
WEAK
arrow-finger index indicator

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Index-finger cavity or hole, provision for the insertion of the index finger, which plays a very important part in the use of the throwing-stick.

From Throwing-sticks in the National Museum Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1883-'84, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1890, pages 279-289 by Mason, Otis T.