five-finger
any of certain species of potentilla having leaves of five leaflets, as Potentilla canadensis.
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How to use five-finger in a sentence
To accomplish this I began with the most elementary exercises in five-finger position, using one finger at a time.
Piano Mastery | Harriette BrowerThe music-room resounded with five-finger improvisations and with vocalists who had little but their voices left.
The Cup of Fury | Rupert HughesWe invited the priest in and poured him out a stiff five-finger peg of neat Scotch whisky.
Life in an Indian Outpost | Gordon CasserlyWith it I can play the most difficult work ever written as easily as I can a five-finger exercise.
The Pianolist | Gustav KobbI told them we ought to see the boat line up through the five-finger Rapids.
Young Alaskans in the Far North | Emerson Hough
British Dictionary definitions for five-finger
any of various plants having five-petalled flowers or five lobed leaves, such as cinquefoil and Virginia creeper
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