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Definition of finger

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Finger (n.) 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..

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Ambury :: Ambury (n.) A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes..

Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..

Nail :: Nail (n.) the horny scale of plate of epidermis at the end of the fingers and toes of man and many apes.

Sexdigitist :: Sexdigitist (n.) One who has six fingers on a hand, or six toes on a foot..

Palmated :: Palmated (a.) Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

Mitt :: Mitt (n.) A mitten; also, a covering for the wrist and hand and not for the fingers..

Tridactyle :: Tridactyle (a.) Having three fingers or toes, or composed of three movable parts attached to a common base..

Clumsy :: Clumsy (superl.) Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse..

Unequal :: Unequal (a.) Not equal; not matched; not of the same size, length, breadth, quantity, strength, talents, acquirements, age, station, or the like; as, the fingers are of unequal length; peers and commoners are unequal in rank..

Snap :: Snap (v. t.) A sudden, sharp motion or blow, as with the finger sprung from the thumb, or the thumb from the finger..

Prick :: Prick (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks..

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..

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work..

Mitten :: Mitten (n.) A covering for the hand, worn to defend it from cold or injury. It differs from a glove in not having a separate sheath for each finger..

Encompass :: Encompass (v. t.) To circumscribe or go round so as to surround closely; to encircle; to inclose; to environ; as, a ring encompasses the finger; an army encompasses a city; a voyage encompassing the world..

Bone :: Bone (n.) Two or four pieces of bone held between the fingers and struck together to make a kind of music.

Gripe :: Gripe (v. t.) To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

Forefinger :: Forefinger (n.) The finger next to the thumb; the index.

Lady''s Finger :: Lady's finger () The kidney vetch.

Fingered :: Fingered (imp. & p. p.) of Finge.