The Only Use of
phalanx
in
Wuthering Heights
- Keep your fingers from that bitter phalanx of vials.†
p. 65.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(phalanx as in: a phalanx of riot police) a group standing and moving together -- especially an ancient Greek military formation
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(2)
(phalanx in medicine) medicine: any of the bones of the fingers or toes