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DACTYL, n. [Gr. A finger; L. probably a shoot.] A poetical foot consisting of three syllables, the first long, and the others short, like the joints of a finger; as, tegmine, carmine.
A poetical foot of three
sylables (— ***ssmile] ***ssmile]), one long followed by two short,
or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L.
tëgm***ibreve]n
, E. mer6ciful; -- so
called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints
of a finger.
[Written also dactyle.] A
finger or toe; a digit.
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