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Fingerpost

//ˈfɪŋ.ɡə(ɹ)ˌpəʊst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost.
  2. 2
    a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger wordnet
  3. 3
    The milepost itself.

    "...some hint, which, besides confirming him in the theory of virtue, may, likewise, serve for a finger-post to virtuous action."

Etymology

From finger + post.

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