Definition of finger

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Finger (v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.

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Siss :: Siss (v. i.) To make a hissing sound; as, a flatiron hot enough to siss when touched with a wet finger..
Finger :: Finger (n.) One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb..
Press :: Press (v.) To urge, or act upon, with force, as weight; to act upon by pushing or thrusting, in distinction from pulling; to crowd or compel by a gradual and continued exertion; to bear upon; to squeeze; to compress; as, we press the ground with the feet when we walk; we press the couch on which we repose; we press substances with the hands, fingers, or arms; we are pressed in a crowd..
Thumb :: Thumb (v. t.) To soil or wear with the thumb or the fingers; to soil, or wear out, by frequent handling; also, to cover with the thumb; as, to thumb the touch-hole of a cannon..
Dactylar :: Dactylar (a.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean..
Five-leaf :: Five-leaf (n.) Cinquefoil; five-finger.
Artiodactyla :: Artiodactyla (n. pl.) One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; -- opposed to Perissodactyla..
Pizzicato :: Pizzicato () A direction to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.).
Bone :: Bone (n.) Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.
Cinquefoil :: Cinquefoil (n.) The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand..
Five-finger :: Five-finger (n.) A starfish with five rays, esp. Asterias rubens..
Fingered :: Fingered (imp. & p. p.) of Finge.
Digit :: Digit (v. t.) To point at or out with the finger.
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..
Drawgloves :: Drawgloves (n. pl.) An old game, played by holding up the fingers..
Digit :: Digit (n.) One of the ten figures or symbols, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, by which all numbers are expressed; -- so called because of the use of the fingers in counting and computing..
Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () One of the branchiae of the lobster.
Dactylonomy :: Dactylonomy (n.) The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.
Fingering :: Fingering (n.) The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers.
Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () The kidney vetch.
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