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Webster's English Dictionary

finger

n. [AS. finger; akin to D. vinger, OS. & OHG. fingar, G. finger, Icel. fingr, Sw. & Dan. finger, Goth. figgrs; of unknown origin; perh. akin to E. fang.]1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extremities of the hand, other than the thumb. ()

2. (Mech.) Anything that does the work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; ()

3. 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. ()

A piece of steel three fingers thick. (Bp. Wilkins.)

4. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. ()

She has a good finger. (Busby.)

Ear finger, the little finger. -- Finger alphabet. See Dactylology. -- Finger bar, the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play. -- Finger board (Mus.), 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. -- Finger bowl Finger glass, a bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table. -- Finger flower (Bot.), the foxglove. -- Finger grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Panicum sanguinale) with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See Crab grass, under Crab. -- Finger nut, a fly nut or thumb nut. -- Finger plate, a strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks. -- Finger post, a guide post bearing an index finger. -- Finger reading, reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind. -- Finger shell (Zol.), a marine shell (Pholas dactylus) resembling a finger in form. -- Finger sponge (Zol.), a sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches. -- Finger stall, a cover or shield for a finger. -- Finger steel, a steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife. ()

To burn one's fingers. See under Burn. -- To have a finger in, to be concerned in. [Colloq.] -- To have at one's fingers' ends, to be thoroughly familiar with. [Colloq.] ()

v. t. 1. To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with. ()

Let the papers lie; You would be fingering them to anger me. (Shak.)

2. To touch lightly; to toy with. ()

3. (Mus.) To perform on an instrument of music. ()

4. To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin. (Shak.)

5. To execute, as any delicate work. ()

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