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from The Century Dictionary.
- Tied by all the fingers of the hand—that is, thoroughly or securely tied: only in the passage cited.
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V. ii.157 (131,6) And with another knot five-finger-tied] A knot tied by giving her hand to Diomed.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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