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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Finger

Fĭn'ger, n.

noun

(fing'gur), n. [A-S., Ger., Sw., & Dan. finger, Icel. fingr, O. Sax. & O. H. Ger. fingar, M. H. Ger. & D. finger, Goth. figgrs, from A-S. fangan, Ger. fangen, Goth. as if figgan, to take or seize. Cf. FANG.]

Sense 1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; also, one of the extremities of the hand, not including the thumb.

Sense 2. The breadth of a finger, sometimes employed as a measure.

Sense 3. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in music. “She has a good finger.” Busby.

To have a finger in, to be concerned in.

Fin'ger, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. FINGERED; p. pr. & vb. n. FINGERING.]

  1. To touch with the fingers; to handle.
  2. To perform on, or to perform, with the fingers.
  3. To touch lightly; to toy with.
  4. To pilfer; to purloin.

Fin'ger, v. i.

verbintransitive

(Mus.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. Busby.