v. [f. BE- 1 + THUMB v.] To take hold of or mark with the thumbs. Hence Bethumbed ppl. a.

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1657.  H. Crowch, Welsh. Trav., 19. The bread and butter so bethums.

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1822.  Blackw. Mag., XI. 64. Bethumbing and bequoting their beauties into triteness and common-place.

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1840.  Poe, W. Wilson, Wks. I. 420. Much-bethumbed books.

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