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parcipollex

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Searchable Lemmata: parcipollex (L).
Alternate Forms: parcipollex.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1(n.) Accessory; thimble.(circa 1475)
1. a themelle: digitale, digitabulum: ... pollicium, parcipollex Lexicon. [DMLBS CathA (themelle) circa 1483]
c.f.: pollicium, thimble, digitalis
L.
Sex: N/A    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
2(n.) Accessory; shoehorn.(circa 1440 - post 1480)
1. [71] ... Chauncepe, or schoynge horne: Parcopollex ... [72] ... Chekrye, as cloþys and oþyr thynge: Scaccariatus Lexicon. [MED PParv. ((Hrl 221) 71-72) 1440]
2. a schoynge horne, percipollex, calciatorium Lexicon. [DMLBS CathA (calceatorium) circa 1483]
c.f.: calceatorium
L.
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, from L. parcere 'to allow, to suffer, to be easy on' + pollex 'thumb'. Used for devices that make life easier on the thumbs, i.e. thimbles, but also apparently a shoe-horn, in that it allows one to easily pull on tight footwear without discomfort to thumbs or fingers (particularly in pulling a heel).
WF: Compound
Etym Cog:
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