pollicate

[Toby G Levy]

 from the hyperarts Mason and Dixon alpha index
(http://www.hyperarts.com/pynchon/mason-dixon/alpha/p.html):
pollicate
30; from Latin "pollex" = "thumb", thus = waving one's thumb at
So Pynchon is saying that Ethelmer gives his uncle the "thumbs up" signal
of
agreement.
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