(obsolete) A portable coffer or chest with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage. It was the original portmanteau.
(obsolete, architecture) A dwarf-wall of plain masonry, carrying the roof of a cathedral or church and masked or hidden behind the balustrade.
bhuts
bhuts
noun
plural of bhut
bught
butch
butch
adj
(slang, originally Polari) Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
noun
(slang, LGBT, countable) A lesbian who appears masculine or acts in a masculine manner.
thumb
thumb
noun
(colloquial, Internet) A thumbnail picture.
(graphical user interface) The part of a slider that may be moved linearly along the slider.
The short thick digit of the hand that for humans has the most mobility and can be made to oppose (moved to touch) all of the other fingers.
verb
(transitive) To touch or cover with the thumb.
(transitive, with through) To turn the pages of (a book) in order to read it cursorily.
(travel) To hitchhike
To fire (a single action revolver) quickly by pulling the hammer while keeping the trigger depressed.
To manipulate (an object) with the thumb; especially, to pull back the hammer or open the cylinder of a revolver.
To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling.
