five-finger

[ fahyv-fing-ger ]

noun

1. any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis.
2. Virginia creeper.

five-finger

noun

1. any of various plants having five-petalled flowers or five lobed leaves, such as cinquefoil and Virginia creeper

Word History and Origins

Origin of five-finger¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fīffingre

Example Sentences

To accomplish this I began with the most elementary exercises in five-finger position, using one finger at a time.

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The music-room resounded with five-finger improvisations and with vocalists who had little but their voices left.

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We invited the priest in and poured him out a stiff five-finger peg of neat Scotch whisky.

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With it I can play the most difficult work ever written as easily as I can a five-finger exercise.

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I told them we ought to see the boat line up through the Five-Finger Rapids.

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