Given how densely item-#'d ABoK is,
I find it reasonably easy to do the thumbing
--one gets close and then closer, and scanning
to find the ABoK item-# is much the same as
scanning page-#s.
What is needed, is an Index that gives for each
named/described item (e.g., "clove hitch") a full
set of ITEM-#s where it multiply occurs
--page #s be damned, being of small help--,
AND with some font-type or listing-ordering
that indicates the nature of the item's occurrence
--maybe only mentioned, maybe something more
substantial.
What is frustrating --and potentially research-defeating--
is having the Index give just a page #, which page might
have more than one occurrence, and which item(s) one
must hunt for with the mere clue of the page(s) to search.
--dl*
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