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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Finger \Fin"ger\ (f[i^][ng]"g[~e]r), 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. [1913 Webster] 2. Anything that does the work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] A piece of steel three fingers thick. --Bp. Wilkins. [1913 Webster] 4. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. [R.] [1913 Webster] She has a good finger. --Busby. [1913 Webster] {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} (Zool.), a marine shell ({Pholas dactylus}) resembling a finger in form. {Finger sponge} (Zool.), 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. [1913 Webster] {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.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Finger \Fin"ger\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fingered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fingering}.] 1. To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with. [1913 Webster] Let the papers lie; You would be fingering them to anger me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To touch lightly; to toy with. [1913 Webster] 3. (Mus.) (a) To perform on an instrument of music. (b) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing. [1913 Webster] 4. To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. To execute, as any delicate work. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Finger \Fin"ger\, v. i. (Mus.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. --Busby. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: finger n 1: any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin" 2: the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure [syn: {finger}, {fingerbreadth}, {finger's breadth}, {digit}] 3: one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb v 1: feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book" [syn: {finger}, {thumb}] 2: examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater" [syn: {feel}, {finger}] 3: search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons" 4: indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: finger [WAITS, via BSD Unix] 1. n. A program that displays information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a remote system. Typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable). May also display a {plan file} left by the user (see also {Hacking X for Y}). 2. vt. To apply finger to a username. 3. vt. By extension, to check a human's current state by any means. ?Foodp? ? ?T!? ?OK, finger Lisa and see if she's idle.? 4. Any picture (composed of ASCII characters) depicting ?the finger?, see {See figure 1}. Originally a humorous component of one's plan file to deter the curious fingerer (sense 2), it has entered the arsenal of some {flamer} s. From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: finger finger From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Finger /fiŋr/ finger; fingers From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: finger finger