English

Noun

physic finger ‎(plural physic fingers)

1. the ring finger
   • 1988, D. August Hunt, The Road of the Sun, ISBN 0911437401, page 8:

     […] Iasius ('healer') is the physic finger; Idas ('he of Mount Ida' — Rhea's seat) is the oracular little finger.

   • 1998, Douglas Monroe, The Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magic from the Age of Arthur, ISBN 1567184715, page 322:

     Alder, physic finger, By power of divination,
     Diagnose all maladies of a doubtful mind.

   • 2004, Nathaniel Harris, Witcha: A Book of Cunning, ISBN 1869928776, page 107:

     From the confessions given by these witches, it seems that their initiation was sealed by a mark made with a pin prick upon the upper and middle joints of the physic finger.

Synonyms

• gold-finger
• leech-finger
• marriage finger
• medical finger
• medicinable finger
• medicinal finger
• physical finger
• physician finger
• ring-finger
• ring-man
• third finger