physic finger

plural physic fingers

1. The ring finger.

   Alder, physic finger, By power of divination, Diagnose all maladies of a doubtful mind.

   1998, Douglas Monroe, The Lost Books of Merlyn: Druid Magic from the Age of Arthur, →ISBN, page 322

   2 more examples

   […] Iasius ('healer') is the physic finger; Idas ('he of Mount Ida' — Rhea's seat) is the oracular little finger.

   1988, D. August Hunt, The Road of the Sun, →ISBN, page 8

   From the confessions given by these witches, it seems that their initiation was sealed by a mark made with a pin prick upon the upper and middle joints of the physic finger.

   2004, Nathaniel Harris, Witcha: A Book of Cunning, →ISBN, page 107

   Synonyms: gold-finger, leech-finger, marriage finger, medical finger, medicinal finger, physical finger, physician finger, ring-finger