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- English Word Finger Definition One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.
- English Word Finger Definition Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.
- English Word Finger Definition The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.
- English Word Finger Definition Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.
- English Word Finger Definition To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.
- English Word Finger Definition To touch lightly; to toy with.
- English Word Finger Definition To perform on an instrument of music.
- English Word Finger Definition To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
- English Word Finger Definition To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.
- English Word Finger Definition To execute, as any delicate work.
- English Word Finger Definition To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.
- English Word Fingered Definition of Finger
- English Word Fingered Definition Having fingers.
- English Word Fingered Definition Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.
- English Word Fingered Definition Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.
- English Word Fingerer Definition One who fingers; a pilferer.
- English Word Fingering Definition of Finger
- English Word Fingering Definition The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.
- English Word Fingering Definition The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc.
- English Word Fingering Definition The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers.
- English Word Fingering Definition Delicate work made with the fingers.
- English Word Fingerling Definition A young salmon. See Parr.
- English Word Fingle-fangle Definition A trifle.
- English Word Fingrigo Definition A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry.
- English Word Fingrigos Definition of Fingrigo
- English Word Finial Definition The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.
- English Word Finical Definition Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious.
- English Word Finicality Definition The quality of being finical; finicalness.
- English Word Finicking Definition Alt. of Finicky
- English Word Finicky Definition Finical; unduly particular.