(in dictionary etc)
51thumb — n. & v. n. 1 a a short thick terminal projection on the human hand, set lower and apart from the other four and opposable to them. b a digit of other animals corresponding to this. 2 part of a glove etc. for a thumb. v. 1 tr. wear or soil (pages… …
52index — [16] Latin index originally meant ‘indicator’, and hence more specifically ‘forefinger’ – the finger used for pointing things out. It was based on the same stem, *dik ‘point out’, as produced Latin dīcere ‘say’ (source of English diction,… …
53judge — [13] Etymologically, a judge is someone who ‘speaks the law’. The word comes via Old French juge from Latin jūdex, which was originally a compound noun made up of jūs ‘law’ and the element dicus ‘speaking’ (related to English diction, dictionary …
54teach — [OE] To teach someone is etymologically to ‘show’ them something. The word goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo European base *deik ‘show’, which also produced Greek deiknúnai ‘show’ (source of English paradigm [15]) and Latin dīcere… …
55index — [16] Latin index originally meant ‘indicator’, and hence more specifically ‘forefinger’ – the finger used for pointing things out. It was based on the same stem, *dik ‘point out’, as produced Latin dīcere ‘say’ (source of English diction,… …
56judge — [13] Etymologically, a judge is someone who ‘speaks the law’. The word comes via Old French juge from Latin jūdex, which was originally a compound noun made up of jūs ‘law’ and the element dicus ‘speaking’ (related to English diction, dictionary …
57teach — [OE] To teach someone is etymologically to ‘show’ them something. The word goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo European base *deik ‘show’, which also produced Greek deiknúnai ‘show’ (source of English paradigm [15]) and Latin dīcere… …
58Fretless guitar — A fretless guitar is a guitar without frets. It operates in the same manner as most other stringed instruments and traditional guitars, but does not have any frets to act as the lower end point (node) of the vibrating string. On a fretless guitar …
59George Bourne — (1780–1845) was a 19th century American abolitionist and editor credited as the first public proclaimer of immediate emancipation without compensation of American slaves. LifeGeorge was born on June 13, 1780 in Westbury, Wiltshire, England. In… …
60составлять — СОСТАВЛЯТЬ1, несов. (сов. составить), что. Помещать (поместить) все, многое (в стоячем положении) рядом или в одно место [impf. to put together, make up; mil. to pile arms, stack arms; to stack crockery; to take down, put down]. По возвращении в… …
