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Main Entry:	dactylology
Part of Speech:	n
Definition:	See cheirology

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dac·ty·lol·o·gy

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–noun, plural -gies.

the technique of communicating by signs made with the fingers, esp. in the manual alphabets used by the deaf.

[Origin: 1650–60; dactylo- + -logy

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dac·ty·lol·o·gy Audio Help (dāk'tə-lŏl'ə-jē) Pronunciation Key
n. The use of the fingers and hands to communicate and convey ideas, as in the manual alphabet used by hearing-impaired and speech-impaired people.

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Dactylology

Al"pha*bet\, n. [L. alphabetum, fr. Gr. ? + ?, the first two Greek letters; Heb. [=a]leph and beth: cf. F. alphabet.]

1. The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.

2. The simplest rudiments; elements.

The very alphabet of our law. --Macaulay.

Deaf and dumb alphabet. See Dactylology.

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