Fillip: alternatives and connections

A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as…

To strike with sudden fear, terror, or wonder; to amaze; to surprise greatly, as with something unaccountable; to confound with some s…

A roundish protuberant portion of some part of the body; as, the ball of the thumb; the ball of the foot.

A game played with ivory balls o a cloth-covered, rectangular table, bounded by elastic cushions. The player seeks to impel his ball w…

A sudden spring or start; a sudden spring aside; as, the horse made a bolt.

To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb.

A thin nail, usually small, with a slight projection at the top on one side instead of a head; also, a small wire nail, with a flat ci…

Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger…

To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapp…

Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt.

To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.

Formed like a finger or fingers; finger-shaped; as, a digitiform root.

Any beetle of the family Elateridae, having the habit, when laid on the back, of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of…

To strike (the cue ball) in such a manner as to give it in addition to its forward motion a spinning motion, that influences its direc…

A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for yo…

The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domesti…

Done or produced with force or great labor, or by extraordinary exertion; hurried; strained; produced by unnatural effort or pressure;…

The finger next to the thumb; the index.