Part 4315

<h1>Finestiller</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fine"still`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who finestills.</def>

<h1>Finew</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin"ew</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Fenowed</er>.]</ety> <def>Moldiness.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Finfish</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin"fish`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A finback whale.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> (<pluf>pl.</pluf>) <def>True fish, as distinguished from shellfish.</def>

<h1>Finfoot</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin"foot`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American bird (<spn>heliornis fulica</spn>) allied to the grebes. The name is also applied to several related species of the genus <spn>Podica</spn>.</def>

<h1>Fin-footed</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin"-foot`ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having palmate feet.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.</def>

<h1>Finger</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>finger</ets>; akin to D. <ets>vinger</ets>, OS. & OHG. <ets>fingar</ets>, G. <ets>finger</ets>, Icel. <ets>fingr</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>finger</ets>, Goth. <ets>figgrs</ets>; of unknown origin; perh. akin to E. <ets>fang</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially <fld>(Mech.)</fld> a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>A piece of steel three <b>fingers</b> thick. <i>Bp. Wilkins.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>She has a good <b>finger</b>. <i>Busby.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Ear finger</col>, <cd>the little finger.</cd> -- <col>Finger alphabet</col>. <cd>See <er>Dactylology</er>.</cd> -- <col>Finger bar</col>, <cd>the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play.</cd> -- <col>Finger board</col> <fld>(Mus.)</fld>, <cd>the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Finger</col> <col>bowl &or; glass</col></mcol>, <cd>a bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.</cd> -- <col>Finger flower</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>the foxglove.</cd> -- <col>Finger grass</col> <fld>(Bot.)</fld>, <cd>a kind of grass (<spn>Panicum sanguinale</spn>) with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See <cref>Crab grass</cref>, under <er>Crab</er>.</cd> -- <col>Finger nut</col>, <cd>a fly nut or thumb nut.</cd> -- <col>Finger plate</col>, <cd>a strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks.</cd> -- <col>Finger post</col>, <cd>a guide post bearing an index finger.</cd> -- <col>Finger reading</col>, <cd>reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind.</cd> -- <col>Finger shell</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a marine shell (<spn>Pholas dactylus</spn>) resembling a finger in form.</cd> -- <col>Finger sponge</col> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld>, <cd>a sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches.</cd> -- <col>Finger stall</col>, <cd>a cover or shield for a finger.</cd> -- <col>Finger steel</col>, <cd>a steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife.</cd></cs>

<cs><col>To burn one's fingers</col>. <cd>See under <er>Burn</er>.</cd> -- <col>To have a finger in</col>, <cd>to be concerned in.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>To have at one's fingers' ends</col></mcol>, <cd>to be thoroughly familiar with. <mark>[Colloq.]</mark></cd></cs>

<h1>Finger</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin"ger</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Fingered</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Fingering</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.</def>

<blockquote>Let the papers lie; You would be <b>fingering</b> them to anger me. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To touch lightly; to toy with.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>To perform on an instrument of music.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>To execute, as any delicate work.</def>

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