Touch

(tüch.) [From Fr. toucher, to touch; L. tango.] (Physiol.) One of the five senses, the organs of which are the nervous pa pillæ of the skin. The term T. is most correctly applied to the sensibility which is diffused over the surface of the body. T. exists with the most exquisite degree of sensibility at the extremities of the fingers and in the lips.-(Mus.) The characteristic manner of fingering the keys of a pianoforte.(Paint.) The style of handling of a picture characteristic of a certain painter, and by which his works may be distinguished. [s. 901]