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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Thumb  \Thumb\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Thumbed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Thumbing}.] 
  1.  To  handle  awkwardly.  --Johnson. 
 
  2.  To  play  with  the  thumbs,  or  with  the  thumbs  and  fingers; 
  as  to  thumb  over  a  tune. 
 
  3.  To  soil  or  wear  with  the  thumb  or  the  fingers;  to  soil,  or 
  wear  out  by  frequent  handling;  also  to  cover  with  the 
  thumb;  as  to  thumb  the  touch-hole  of  a  cannon. 
 
  He  gravely  informed  the  enemy  that  all  his  cards  had 
  been  thumbed  to  pieces,  and  begged  them  to  let  him 
  have  a  few  more  packs.  --Macaulay. 




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