finger endn.

Brit.

/ˌfɪŋɡər ˈɛnd/, U.S.

/ˈfɪŋɡər ˌɛnd/

Inflections: Plural finger-ends, fingers'-ends.

Forms:

α. Middle English fingres ende, Middle English fyngris end, 1500s fingars ende, 1500s finger's ende, 1500s fyngars ende, 1500s fyngers end, 1500s–1700s fingers end, 1600s finguers end, 1600s– finger's end, 1600s– fingers' end.

β. see finger n. and end n.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: finger n., end n.

Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of finger n. + end n. In β. forms < finger n. + end n.

The end or tip of a person's finger. Cf. fingertip n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > parts of

lithc1000

finger endc1300

fingertip1534

finger joint1657

pulp1686

finger point1823

α.

c1300 St. Patrick's Purgatory (Laud) l. 244 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 207 (MED) Þat man ne miȝte finde ane amtie place..so luyte Þat man miȝte, for þe þicke nailles, a fingres ende to heom puyte.

a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 28 (MED) Þe skyn of þe fyngris endis.

1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader f. xcviii^v Proper engynes they have invented to wringe their fingers so sore that the bloude shall braste out at their fingers endes.

1562 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 3rd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont f. 32 The sickennes wil remoue from the brayne, and sprede into his fingers endes, tormentinge him verye soore.

1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor v. v. 83 Take a Taper in your hand, And set it to his fingers endes.

1655 Ld. Norwich Let. 1 June in E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 321 I will never desert whilst I can wagg nose, toes, or finguers end.

a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 342 Her petty toes, and fingers ends Nipt with this breath, she out extends Unto the Sun, in greate desire To warm her digits at that fire.

1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 452 The cuticle of the hands from the wrist to the fingers ends came off whole, bearing the resemblance of a glove.

1821 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 20 Jan. The father then described the state in which the child appeared: from its fingers' ends..up to its arms, its breasts, its legs, in fact every part of its body was most dreadfully bruised.

1892 R. W. Irvine in F. Marshall Football xii. 209 Old players have a way of marking off years on their fingers' ends.

1955 I. Asimov End of Eternity vii. 74 The whole content of those books could be place on two meters of film and stored in a finger's end.

2008 M. Scott Crystal Skull xxvi. 425 Davy opened it [sc. a notebook] with a finger's end, touching only the corner.

β. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 1064 (MED) With water on his finger ende.c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 566 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 17 He..one his fyngyre end blew ewine.?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. giii^v Theyr hinder fete be as smale as a finger ende.c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 135 Folowand the fell to þe fyngur endys.1596 H. Holland Expos. Iob in Christian Exercise of Fasting 215 His paine was so great in all parts, and his very finger ends, that he could no way ease his itching..but with a shell or potsherd insteed of nayles.1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects xii. 84 By their finger ends the price of pounds, shillings, or pence is pitched.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 136/2 Cubit, is the length of the Arm from the Finger end to the Elbow.1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 135 Fruit, about the size of ones Finger End.1785 ‘Palinurus’ Familiar Lett. xii. 122 Young Paddy O'Flarty to be sure, a poor beggarly dog with his ruffles over his finger ends, more like a taylor than a sailor.1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 20 Nov. (1939) 3 His finger-ends can describe..what he cannot bring out clearly..in words.1881 Cent. Mag. Dec. 280/2 The great lady rose, stared at us, gave us her finger-ends..and sat down again.1922 R. M. Hallet Canyon of Fools xvii. 323 I tore at it with my hands until my finger ends ran red, gashed by those shining matrices.2015 South Wales Argus (Nexis) 17 Apr. Cutting the bread with an abandon that put my finger ends and the subsequent edibility of his sandwiches at grave risk.

Phrases

P1.

a. at one's fingers' (also finger) ends: nearby, close at hand; readily available or accessible; at one's disposal; (hence) within one's range of skills or knowledge. Frequently in to have at (also †on) one's fingers' (also finger) ends.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > conveniently near

at one's fingers' (also finger) ends1528

bain?a1700

within (one's) grasp1703

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > be or become familiar with [phrase]

at one's fingers' (also finger) ends1528

to get the hang of1845

to know one's onions1908

to know (something) inside out1921

1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. h vi^v They shulde se at their fyngers endes The abhominacions of these fendes With the abusion of pilgremage.

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. 36 What euerye man perfectly knewe, he had alwayes readie with him at his fyngers endes.

?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xl. 159 He maye be the better aquaynted wyth them, and haue them on his fyngers endes.

1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. ii. sig. Aaa.vi^v/1 I..know at my fingars endes, what kinde of men..are in this citie.

1616 B. Rich My Ladies Looking Glasse 51 His greatest dexteritie is in the managing his Tobacco pipes: and he hath the gulpe, the whiffe, and the snuffe very exactly and at his fingers ends.

1662 J. Greenhalgh in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 14 Their Service-books..they have at their fingers' end.

1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. 43 In translating out of, and into those Lingua's they had at their Fingers ends.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋5 Names which a Man of his Learning has at his Fingers-Ends.

1776 Farmer's Mag. Oct. 269 I cannot bear their excuses and put-offs which they always have at their fingers' ends.

1790 Monthly Rev. Jan. 38 Homer and Virgil, in their original language, were (to use a popular figure) as much at his fingers' ends as the keys of his harpsichord.

1812 Monthly Rev. 67 143 With the revenues of a nation at his fingers-ends, he was still unamusable.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. ii. 404 All manner of Military Histories, we perceive, are at his finger-ends.

1896 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. May 663 He was supposed to have the higher mathematics at his finger ends and the devil in his body.

1918 A. Tilley Dawn French Renaissance viii. 274 As a jurist he naturally has Cicero at his fingers' ends, but he is hardly less familiar with technical writers, such as Celsus, Columella, and Vitruvius.

1988 Mod. Lang. Rev. 83 166 Professor Weinstein is undoubtedly a shrewd reader and has all his texts at his fingers' ends.

2015 Austral. Mag. (Nexis) 23 May 26 The man who has to depend on his own skill, strength and nerve must have the craft at his finger-ends.

†b. to speak at one's (also the) fingers' end: to speak without preparation or premeditation; to extemporize. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > improvise or ad lib

to speak at one's (also the) fingers' end1607

extemporize1775

improvisate1817

improvisatorize1828

ad-lib1910

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes Ep. Ded. sig. A5 He was an vnskilfull Deuine..which could not at his fingers end speake of these things.

1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. ii. 415 They speake at the fingers end, wheeling their heads round about, to obserue whether any marke them.

P2. to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends: completely, entirely, through and through; = to one's (also the) fingertips at fingertip n. and adj. Phrases 1. Formerly also †from the fingers' ends (obsolete). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through

to the boneOE

through and throughc1225

out and outc1300

from top to tail1303

out and inc1390

(from) head to heel (also heels)c1400

(from) head to foot (also feet)c1425

from top to (into, unto) toec1425

to the skin1526

to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530

from first to last1536

up and down1542

whole out1562

to the pith1587

to the back1594

from A to (also until) Z1612

from clew to earing1627

from top to bottom1666

back and edge1673

all hollow1762

(all) to pieces1788

from A to Za1821

to one's (also the) fingertips1825

to one's fingernails1851

from tip to toe1853

down to the ground1859

to the backbone1864

right the way1867

pur sang1893

from the ground up1895

in and out1895

from soda (card) to hock1902

1530 T. Elyot tr. Plutarch Educ. Children sig. B.ii^v With more naturall affection and busy diligence they norishe them, than doth other norises, as they, which most inwardly, &..from the fyngers endes [Gk. ἐξ ὀνύχων] loue theyr chyldren.

1580 J. Florio tr. J. Cartier Shorte Narr. Two Nauigations Newe Fraunce 55 Euill people, who goe all armed euen to their fingers endes.

1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 111 Mercurie..hath so spiritiz'd their whole Oeconomie, that they are Quick-silver to their finger ends.

1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. v. 21 The Corporal blush'd down to his fingers ends.

1820 Morning Post 6 Apr. Lazarus is the next, prostrate, and quivering with piety to his very fingers' ends.

1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 322/2 I would be Duchess to my finger-ends.

1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings xiv. 226 By heavens! that dictator chap is a corker! He's a dictator clear down to his finger-ends.

1974 Washington Post 28 Apr. (Book World section) 2/2 They remain Saganesque characters to their fingers' ends.

†P3. to suck (something) out of (or at) one's (own) fingers' ends: to produce or discover by one's own efforts or ingenuity; esp. to invent or come up with (something). Cf. to suck (something) out of one's (own) finger at finger n. Phrases 4n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > manage to secure (a result) > succeed in by ingenuity

devise1340

to suck (something) out of (or at) one's (own) fingers' ends1540

swing1934

1540 T. Some Treat. Lordis Flayle sig. C vii Ye but what say ye to sere Ihon singyl sowle, which wyll socke Christ owt of his fingers endis.

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eiii I suck not this out of myne owne fyngers ends.

1607 tr. R. Bellarmine To G. Blackwel in King James VI & I Triplici Nodo, Triplex Cuneus 80 How he hath suckt this apprehension out at his fingers ends, I cannot imagine: for sure I am, as I haue oft said, he neuer goeth about to proue it.

1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 25 I suck't not this out of my fingers ends.

†P4. to arrive at one's fingers' ends: to reach the extremity of poverty. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > be or become extremely poor

not to have a shirtc1405

to come to buckle and bare thong1546

to arrive at one's fingers' ends1579

to have most fingers1677

1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 18^v If any parte of Musicke haue..ariued by fortune at their fingers endes.

†P5. by one's fingers' ends: by manual labour or hard work. Esp. in to live by one's fingers' ends. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > work > [adverb] > manually

manuallyc1475

handily1611

by one's fingers' ends1618

1618 H. Fitzgeffrey Certain Elegies sig. C3^v All he spends, He getteth brauely by his Fingers ends.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 51 Thousands..liue singular well by their fingers ends.

1680 R. L'Estrange Discov. upon Discov. 17 Pray'e advise him..to be modest, and Temperate, and not to bear so hard upon a poor decayed Gentleman..that lives by his Fingers End.

†P6. to get on (also upon) the finger ends: to incur a sharp reprimand, to be rebuked. Obsolete. [Compare French donner sur les doigts to reprimand (mid 17th cent. or earlier).]

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > be rebuked or scolded

to hear of it1598

to get on (also upon) the finger ends1693

to get one's lug in one's loof1744

to get wrong1803

to catch or get Jesse1839

to come in for it1841

to get hell1851

to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916

to have a strip torn off1940

1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 37 I am afraid I may get upon the Finger-ends, because I did not name my Witnesses.

a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 163 Several of the saints have gotten on the finger ends by this means.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	finger end
释义	finger endn. Brit. /ˌfɪŋɡər ˈɛnd/, U.S. /ˈfɪŋɡər ˌɛnd/ Inflections: Plural finger-ends, fingers'-ends. Forms: α. Middle English fingres ende, Middle English fyngris end, 1500s fingars ende, 1500s finger's ende, 1500s fyngars ende, 1500s fyngers end, 1500s–1700s fingers end, 1600s finguers end, 1600s– finger's end, 1600s– fingers' end. β. see finger n. and end n. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: finger n., end n. Etymology: In α. forms < the genitive of finger n. + end n. In β. forms < finger n. + end n. The end or tip of a person's finger. Cf. fingertip n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > digit > finger > [noun] > parts of lithc1000 finger endc1300 fingertip1534 finger joint1657 pulp1686 finger point1823 α. c1300 St. Patrick's Purgatory (Laud) l. 244 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 207 (MED) Þat man ne miȝte finde ane amtie place..so luyte Þat man miȝte, for þe þicke nailles, a fingres ende to heom puyte. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 28 (MED) Þe skyn of þe fyngris endis. 1529 J. Frith Pistle Christen Reader f. xcviii^v Proper engynes they have invented to wringe their fingers so sore that the bloude shall braste out at their fingers endes. 1562 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli 3rd Pt. Secretes Alexis of Piemont f. 32 The sickennes wil remoue from the brayne, and sprede into his fingers endes, tormentinge him verye soore. 1602 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor v. v. 83 Take a Taper in your hand, And set it to his fingers endes. 1655 Ld. Norwich Let. 1 June in E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 321 I will never desert whilst I can wagg nose, toes, or finguers end. a1729 E. Taylor Poems (1960) 342 Her petty toes, and fingers ends Nipt with this breath, she out extends Unto the Sun, in greate desire To warm her digits at that fire. 1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 452 The cuticle of the hands from the wrist to the fingers ends came off whole, bearing the resemblance of a glove. 1821 Jackson's Oxf. Jrnl. 20 Jan. The father then described the state in which the child appeared: from its fingers' ends..up to its arms, its breasts, its legs, in fact every part of its body was most dreadfully bruised. 1892 R. W. Irvine in F. Marshall Football xii. 209 Old players have a way of marking off years on their fingers' ends. 1955 I. Asimov End of Eternity vii. 74 The whole content of those books could be place on two meters of film and stored in a finger's end. 2008 M. Scott Crystal Skull xxvi. 425 Davy opened it [sc. a notebook] with a finger's end, touching only the corner. β. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vi. l. 1064 (MED) With water on his finger ende.c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 566 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 17 He..one his fyngyre end blew ewine.?1527 L. Andrewe tr. Noble Lyfe Bestes sig. giii^v Theyr hinder fete be as smale as a finger ende.c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 135 Folowand the fell to þe fyngur endys.1596 H. Holland Expos. Iob in Christian Exercise of Fasting 215 His paine was so great in all parts, and his very finger ends, that he could no way ease his itching..but with a shell or potsherd insteed of nayles.1630 H. Lord Display Two Forraigne Sects xii. 84 By their finger ends the price of pounds, shillings, or pence is pitched.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 136/2 Cubit, is the length of the Arm from the Finger end to the Elbow.1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 135 Fruit, about the size of ones Finger End.1785 ‘Palinurus’ Familiar Lett. xii. 122 Young Paddy O'Flarty to be sure, a poor beggarly dog with his ruffles over his finger ends, more like a taylor than a sailor.1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 20 Nov. (1939) 3 His finger-ends can describe..what he cannot bring out clearly..in words.1881 Cent. Mag. Dec. 280/2 The great lady rose, stared at us, gave us her finger-ends..and sat down again.1922 R. M. Hallet Canyon of Fools xvii. 323 I tore at it with my hands until my finger ends ran red, gashed by those shining matrices.2015 South Wales Argus (Nexis) 17 Apr. Cutting the bread with an abandon that put my finger ends and the subsequent edibility of his sandwiches at grave risk. Phrases P1. a. at one's fingers' (also finger) ends: nearby, close at hand; readily available or accessible; at one's disposal; (hence) within one's range of skills or knowledge. Frequently in to have at (also †on) one's fingers' (also finger) ends. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > nearness > [adverb] > conveniently near at one's fingers' (also finger) ends1528 bain?a1700 within (one's) grasp1703 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > knowledge, what is known > familiarity > be or become familiar with [phrase] at one's fingers' (also finger) ends1528 to get the hang of1845 to know one's onions1908 to know (something) inside out1921 1528 Rede me & be nott Wrothe sig. h vi^v They shulde se at their fyngers endes The abhominacions of these fendes With the abusion of pilgremage. 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes i. 36 What euerye man perfectly knewe, he had alwayes readie with him at his fyngers endes. ?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xl. 159 He maye be the better aquaynted wyth them, and haue them on his fyngers endes. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. ii. sig. Aaa.vi^v/1 I..know at my fingars endes, what kinde of men..are in this citie. 1616 B. Rich My Ladies Looking Glasse 51 His greatest dexteritie is in the managing his Tobacco pipes: and he hath the gulpe, the whiffe, and the snuffe very exactly and at his fingers ends. 1662 J. Greenhalgh in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 14 Their Service-books..they have at their fingers' end. 1675 J. Smith Christian Relig. Appeal i. 43 In translating out of, and into those Lingua's they had at their Fingers ends. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 156. ⁋5 Names which a Man of his Learning has at his Fingers-Ends. 1776 Farmer's Mag. Oct. 269 I cannot bear their excuses and put-offs which they always have at their fingers' ends. 1790 Monthly Rev. Jan. 38 Homer and Virgil, in their original language, were (to use a popular figure) as much at his fingers' ends as the keys of his harpsichord. 1812 Monthly Rev. 67 143 With the revenues of a nation at his fingers-ends, he was still unamusable. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. ii. 404 All manner of Military Histories, we perceive, are at his finger-ends. 1896 Jrnl. Royal United Service Inst. May 663 He was supposed to have the higher mathematics at his finger ends and the devil in his body. 1918 A. Tilley Dawn French Renaissance viii. 274 As a jurist he naturally has Cicero at his fingers' ends, but he is hardly less familiar with technical writers, such as Celsus, Columella, and Vitruvius. 1988 Mod. Lang. Rev. 83 166 Professor Weinstein is undoubtedly a shrewd reader and has all his texts at his fingers' ends. 2015 Austral. Mag. (Nexis) 23 May 26 The man who has to depend on his own skill, strength and nerve must have the craft at his finger-ends. †b. to speak at one's (also the) fingers' end: to speak without preparation or premeditation; to extemporize. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speak [verb (intransitive)] > improvise or ad lib to speak at one's (also the) fingers' end1607 extemporize1775 improvisate1817 improvisatorize1828 ad-lib1910 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes Ep. Ded. sig. A5 He was an vnskilfull Deuine..which could not at his fingers end speake of these things. 1612 Mr. King tr. Benvenuto Passenger i. ii. 415 They speake at the fingers end, wheeling their heads round about, to obserue whether any marke them. P2. to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends: completely, entirely, through and through; = to one's (also the) fingertips at fingertip n. and adj. Phrases 1. Formerly also †from the fingers' ends (obsolete). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > completeness > completely [phrase] > thoroughly > from beginning to end or through and through to the boneOE through and throughc1225 out and outc1300 from top to tail1303 out and inc1390 (from) head to heel (also heels)c1400 (from) head to foot (also feet)c1425 from top to (into, unto) toec1425 to the skin1526 to one's (also the) finger (also fingers') ends1530 from first to last1536 up and down1542 whole out1562 to the pith1587 to the back1594 from A to (also until) Z1612 from clew to earing1627 from top to bottom1666 back and edge1673 all hollow1762 (all) to pieces1788 from A to Za1821 to one's (also the) fingertips1825 to one's fingernails1851 from tip to toe1853 down to the ground1859 to the backbone1864 right the way1867 pur sang1893 from the ground up1895 in and out1895 from soda (card) to hock1902 1530 T. Elyot tr. Plutarch Educ. Children sig. B.ii^v With more naturall affection and busy diligence they norishe them, than doth other norises, as they, which most inwardly, &..from the fyngers endes [Gk. ἐξ ὀνύχων] loue theyr chyldren. 1580 J. Florio tr. J. Cartier Shorte Narr. Two Nauigations Newe Fraunce 55 Euill people, who goe all armed euen to their fingers endes. 1654 E. Gayton Pleasant Notes Don Quixot iii. vii. 111 Mercurie..hath so spiritiz'd their whole Oeconomie, that they are Quick-silver to their finger ends. 1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. v. 21 The Corporal blush'd down to his fingers ends. 1820 Morning Post 6 Apr. Lazarus is the next, prostrate, and quivering with piety to his very fingers' ends. 1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 322/2 I would be Duchess to my finger-ends. 1904 ‘O. Henry’ Cabbages & Kings xiv. 226 By heavens! that dictator chap is a corker! He's a dictator clear down to his finger-ends. 1974 Washington Post 28 Apr. (Book World section) 2/2 They remain Saganesque characters to their fingers' ends. †P3. to suck (something) out of (or at) one's (own) fingers' ends: to produce or discover by one's own efforts or ingenuity; esp. to invent or come up with (something). Cf. to suck (something) out of one's (own) finger at finger n. Phrases 4n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > make a success of [verb (transitive)] > manage to secure (a result) > succeed in by ingenuity devise1340 to suck (something) out of (or at) one's (own) fingers' ends1540 swing1934 1540 T. Some Treat. Lordis Flayle sig. C vii Ye but what say ye to sere Ihon singyl sowle, which wyll socke Christ owt of his fingers endis. 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. xi. sig. Eiii I suck not this out of myne owne fyngers ends. 1607 tr. R. Bellarmine To G. Blackwel in King James VI & I Triplici Nodo, Triplex Cuneus 80 How he hath suckt this apprehension out at his fingers ends, I cannot imagine: for sure I am, as I haue oft said, he neuer goeth about to proue it. 1678 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Prov. (ed. 2) 25 I suck't not this out of my fingers ends. †P4. to arrive at one's fingers' ends: to reach the extremity of poverty. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > be poor [verb (intransitive)] > be or become extremely poor not to have a shirtc1405 to come to buckle and bare thong1546 to arrive at one's fingers' ends1579 to have most fingers1677 1579 S. Gosson Schoole of Abuse f. 18^v If any parte of Musicke haue..ariued by fortune at their fingers endes. †P5. by one's fingers' ends: by manual labour or hard work. Esp. in to live by one's fingers' ends. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > work > [adverb] > manually manuallyc1475 handily1611 by one's fingers' ends1618 1618 H. Fitzgeffrey Certain Elegies sig. C3^v All he spends, He getteth brauely by his Fingers ends. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy Democritus to Rdr. 51 Thousands..liue singular well by their fingers ends. 1680 R. L'Estrange Discov. upon Discov. 17 Pray'e advise him..to be modest, and Temperate, and not to bear so hard upon a poor decayed Gentleman..that lives by his Fingers End. †P6. to get on (also upon) the finger ends: to incur a sharp reprimand, to be rebuked. Obsolete. [Compare French donner sur les doigts to reprimand (mid 17th cent. or earlier).] ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (intransitive)] > be rebuked or scolded to hear of it1598 to get on (also upon) the finger ends1693 to get one's lug in one's loof1744 to get wrong1803 to catch or get Jesse1839 to come in for it1841 to get hell1851 to cop (also stop, catch, get, etc.) a packet1916 to have a strip torn off1940 1693 Apol. Clergy Scotl. 37 I am afraid I may get upon the Finger-ends, because I did not name my Witnesses. a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 163 Several of the saints have gotten on the finger ends by this means. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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