five-finger

[ fahyv-fing-ger ]

noun

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

Origin of five-finger

before 1000; Middle English; Old English fīffingre

Words Nearby five-finger

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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 Brower
The music-room resounded with five-finger improvisations and with vocalists who had little but their voices left.
The Cup of Fury | Rupert Hughes
We invited the priest in and poured him out a stiff five-finger peg of neat Scotch whisky.
Life in an Indian Outpost | Gordon Casserly
With it I can play the most difficult work ever written as easily as I can a five-finger exercise.
The Pianolist | Gustav Kobb
I 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

five-finger

noun

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

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