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digitalis

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Searchable Lemmata: digitalis (L), digitabulum (L).
Alternate Forms: digitale.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Accessory; something measuring a finger's breadth; a finger stall or protection for the finger. cf. MdE finger-stall: a thimble; the OED (supported by the MED) suggests a protective wrap, the finger of a protective glove or some similar support for the finger.(circa 1400 - 1500)
1. a themelle, digitale, digitale, digitabulum, parcipollex ... Gloss. (finger-stall; thimble) [DMLBS CathA (digitale, digitabulum) circa 1483]
2. digitale, A. a themyl Gloss. (finger-stall; thimble) [DMLBS WW (digitale)]
3. a fyngyr stalle, digitale Gloss. (finger-stall; thimble) [DMLBS CathA (digitale) circa 1483]
c.f.: deel, finger-stall, thimble, parcipollex, pollicium
L; Primarily Gloss.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Hand.
1b(n.) Jewellery; a ring-holder or a stand for a precious stone ? (DMLBS III, 661)(1328)
1. capella: ... apparatus pro cirothecis, duo digitalia [DMLBS Reg. Exon. (1307-26 app. 562) 1328]
L.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: N/A.
1c(n.) Accessory; glove or mitten? (DMLBS III, 661).(circa 1005)
1. da mihi duas manicas, i. digitales(dating uncertain) [DMLBS ÆLF. BATA (4.16 p. 41) circa 1005]
2. emo cutes et pelles et praeparo eas ... et facio ... peras et marsupia atque digitales, stropheos, et capitia(dating uncertain) [DMLBS ÆLF. BATA (6 p. 89) circa 1005]
L.
Sex: N/A    Use: n/a    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Hand.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical Latin. Continued in French as deel (q.v.).
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog:
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