Definition of finger

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Finger (v. t.) To execute, as any delicate work..

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Index :: Index (n.) The second digit, that next pollex, in the manus, or hand; the forefinger; index finger..
Sexdigitist :: Sexdigitist (n.) One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot..
Starfish :: Starfish (n.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also sea star, five-finger, and stellerid..
Whitlow :: Whitlow (a.) An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat between the skin and the bone, but is usually applied to a felon or inflammation of the periosteal structures of the bone..
Tetragonal :: Tetragonal (a.) Of or pertaining to a tetragon; having four angles or sides; thus, the square, the parallelogram, the rhombus, and the trapezium are tetragonal fingers..
Finger :: Finger (v. t.) To perform on an instrument of music.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin..
Fillip :: Fillip (v. t.) To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger..
Drum :: Drum (v. i.) To beat with the fingers, as with drumsticks; to beat with a rapid succession of strokes; to make a noise like that of a beaten drum; as, the ruffed grouse drums with his wings..
Fico :: Fico (n.) A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you..
Introduce :: Introduce (v. t.) To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe..
Percussion :: Percussion (n.) The act of tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate..
Stour :: Stoup (n.) A basin at the entrance of Roman Catholic churches for containing the holy water with which those who enter, dipping their fingers in it, cross themselves; -- called also holy-water stoup..
Dactylioglyph :: Dactylioglyph (n.) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.
Fourchette :: Fourchette (n.) The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed..
Digitated :: Digitated (a.) Having several leaflets arranged, like the fingers of the hand, at the extremity of a stem or petiole. Also, in general, characterized by digitation..
Extract :: Extract (v. t.) To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger..
Patagium :: Patagium (n.) In bats, an expansion of the integument uniting the fore limb with the body and extending between the elongated fingers to form the wing; in birds, the similar fold of integument uniting the fore limb with the body..
Adactylous :: Adactylous (a.) Without fingers or without toes.
Interdigitate :: Interdigitate (v. i.) To interlock, as the fingers of two hands that are joined; to be interwoven; to commingle..
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