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Webster 1913 Edition

Bethumb

Be-thumb′

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Verb.
T.
To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books.
Poe.

Definition 2024

bethumb

bethumb

English

Verb

bethumb ‎(third-person singular simple present bethumbs, present participle bethumbing, simple past and past participle bethumbed)

  1. (transitive) To take hold of or mark with the thumbs; soil or mark with frequent thumbing.

Etymology

From be- +‎ thumb.

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