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I am taken from a mine and shut in a wooden case from which I am never released. Yet I am used by almost everybody. What am I?
What has 4 fingers and a thumb but is not living?
I have 4 wings but cannot fly. I never laugh and never cry. On the same spot I'm always found toiling away with little sound. What am I?
I am an English word that is as long as I am valued.
A hundred arms, a thousand fingers, but I have no eyes to see where I linger. What am I?
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.