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Digitation means (obsolete) Touching; manipulation with the fingers..
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/dɪdʒɪˈteɪʃən/ · noun
(obsolete) Touching; manipulation with the fingers..
At length, I resorted to the only present remedy, that of vain attempts at digitation, [...] where the pain my fingers gave me in striving for admission, though they procured me a slight satisfaction for the present, started an apprehension, which I could not be easy until I had communicated to Phoebe and received her explanations upon it.
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Digitation means (obsolete) Touching; manipulation with the fingers..
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At length, I resorted to the only present remedy, that of vain attempts at digitation, [...] where the pain my fingers gave me in striving for admission, though they procured me a slight satisfaction for the present, started an apprehension, which I could not be easy until I had communicated to Phoebe and received her explanations upon it.
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