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  • (noun) - This was a term in use with the Anglo-Saxons from its necessity in archery, and it is now called the trigger-finger, from its equal importance in modern fire-arms. The mutilation of this member was always a most punishable offence, for which the laws of King Alfred inflicted a penalty of fifteen shillings, which at that time probably was a sum beyond the bowman's means. --Admiral William Smyth's Sailor's Word Book, 1867

    April 22, 2018