a metrical unit with stressed-unstressed-unstressed syllables
source: WordNet 3.0
a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates
source: WordNet 3.0
A poetical foot of three sylables (— ⌣ ⌣), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. tëgm&ibreve;n&ebreve;, E. mer\b6ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger.
