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Pollicate vs Pullicate - What's the difference?

pollicate | pullicate |

As a verb pollicate

is to gesture with the thumb.

As an adjective pollicate

is (zoology) of insects: having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint.

As a noun pullicate is

a kind of handkerchief of checked cotton or silk.

pollicate

English

Verb

(en-verb)
  • to gesture with the thumb
  • :* 1997': ‘Disgusting? this is Tea, Friend, Cha,– what all tasteful London drinks,– that,’ '''pollicating the Coffee-Pot, ‘is what’s disgusting.’ — Thomas Pynchon, ''Mason & Dixon

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • (zoology) Of insects: having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint.

    • References

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    pullicate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kind of handkerchief of checked cotton or silk.
    • (Webster 1913)