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- Wrist - n. - The joint, or the region of the joint, between the hand and the arm; the carpus. See Carpus.
- Wrist - n. - A stud or pin which forms a journal; -- also called wrist pin.
- Wristband - n. - The band of the sleeve of a shirt, or other garment, which covers the wrist.
- Wrister - n. - A covering for the wrist.
- Wristlet - n. - An elastic band worn around the wrist, as for the purpose of securing the upper part of a glove.
- Retinaculum - n. - One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
- Mitt - n. - A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers.
- Mitten - n. - A cover for the wrist and forearm.
- Bangle - n. - An ornamental circlet, of glass, gold, silver, or other material, worn by women in India and Africa, and in some other countries, upon the wrist or ankle; a ring bracelet.
- Hand - n. - That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
- Bracelet - n. - An ornamental band or ring, for the wrist or the arm; in modern times, an ornament encircling the wrist, worn by women or girls.
- Tierce - n. - A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
- Reclaim - v. t. - To call back, as a hawk to the wrist in falconry, by a certain customary call.
- Knee - n. - In the horse and allied animals, the carpal joint, corresponding to the wrist in man.
- Plumbism - n. - A diseased condition, produced by the absorption of lead, common among workers in this metal or in its compounds, as among painters, typesetters, etc. It is characterized by various symptoms, as lead colic, lead line, and wrist drop. See under Colic, Lead, and Wrist.
- Palm - n. - A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.
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