Definition of Five-finger

1. Noun. Any of a numerous plants grown for their five-petaled flowers; abundant in temperate regions; alleged to have medicinal properties.

Exact synonyms: Cinquefoil
Group relationships: Genus Potentilla, Potentilla
Specialized synonyms: Goose Grass, Goose-tansy, Potentilla Anserina, Silverweed
Generic synonyms: Bush, Shrub

Medical Definition of Five-finger

1. 1. See Cinquefoil. 2. A starfish with five rays, especially. Asterias rubens. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Five-finger

fittingnesses
fittings
fitts
fitty
fitweed
fitz
five
five-a-side
five-and-dime
five-and-ten
five-and-tens
five-and-twenty
five-by-five
five-card stud
five-day fever
five-finger (current term)
five-finger discount
five-finger discounts
five-finger exercise
five-finger exercises
five-fingered maidenhair fern
five-flowered gentian
five-for
five-fors
five-hitter
five-hundredth
five-hundredths
five-leaf
five-leafed
five-leaved

Literary usage of Five-finger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Diplomatic Relations of England with the Quadruple Alliance, 1815-1830 by Louis Calvert, Myrna M. Boyce, Paul Padgette (1918)
"CHAPTER V THE EYE AND THE HANDS " five-finger Exercises " Necessary for the Actor, Too —Revealing the Unexpressed Emotions—Irving as Becket—"One Thing at a ..."

2. Relaxation Studies in the Muscular Discriminations Required for Touch by TOBIAS. MATTHAY (1908)
"Five Finger Exercises: After this, the student must practise a sufficient ... The five-finger exercises themselves should also invariably be practised ..."

3. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1875)
"A DESCRIPTION OF FIVE FINGER-RINGS AND TWO SEALS, THE PROPERTY OF THE MARQUESS OF RIPON, KG, ftc. (Exhibited at the Ripon Congress, July, 1874, ..."

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