Word Meanings - FIVE-LEAF - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Cinquefoil; five-finger.

FINGERED
Having leaflets like fingers; digitate. (more info) 1. Having fingers.
FINGERLING
A young salmon. See Parr.
FINGERING
1. The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers. The mere sight and fingering of money. Grew. 2. The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in
CINQUEFOIL
The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand.
FINGER
G. finger, Icel. fingr, Sw. & Dan. finger, Goth. figgrs; of unknown 1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb. 2. Anything that does work of a finger; as, the
FINGERER
One who fingers; a pilferer.
FIVE-FINGER
See CINQUEFOIL
BUTTER-FINGERED
Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.
FOREFINGER
The finger next to the thumb; the index.
LIGHT-FINGERED
Dexterous in taking and conveying away; thievish; pilfering; addicted to petty thefts. Fuller.
WEB-FINGERED
Having the fingers united by a web for a considerable part of their length.
WHARFINGER
A man who owns, or has the care of, a wharf.
LADY'S FINGER
The kidney vetch. (more info) 1. pl.