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单词 five-finger
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five-fingern.

Brit. /ˈfʌɪvˌfɪŋɡə/, U.S. /ˈfaɪvˌfɪŋɡər/
Etymology: Old English fíffingre weak feminine (sense 1), < fíf five adj. and n. + finger n.
1. A name for various plants.
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a. The cinquefoil ( Potentilla reptans and other species).
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b. The oxlip ( Primula elatior).
c. Lotus corniculatus.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > leguminous plants > [noun] > lotus or bird's-foot trefoil
lote1548
ground honeysuckle1592
bird's-foot trefoil1650
bird's-foot lote1714
lotus1731
winged pea1739
bird's-foot trefoil1760
bloom-fell1799
fingers and thumbs1815
bird's-foot lotus1832
devil's claw1833
five-finger1845
lady's slipper1852
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 123 Ac ceowe hwytes cuduwys sæd & fiffingran ælce dæg ær he etan.
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Five-fingers, oxlips, primula elatior.
1845 S. Judd Margaret (1851) II. iii. 295 The leaves of the five-finger draw together to shelter the flower when it rains.
1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Five-fingers, potentilla reptans and canadensis.
d. Any of several New Zealand trees with five-lobed leaves.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > names applied to various Australasian species
pepper tree1773
apple tree1801
white boxc1830
Christmas tree1844
mapau1853
maple1858
leopard-wood1859
red ash1863
sycamore1866
New Zealand orange tree1898
five-finger1926
leopard-tree1927
maple1934
1926 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 56 701 Nothopanax arboreum, five-finger.
1960 B. Crump Good Keen Man 32 There wasn't a live five-finger or mangeo left in the valley.
2. A popular name for a species of starfish.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Asteroidea > unspecified and miscellaneous types
five-foot1659
rose1668
five-finger1678
sun shellfish1688
urchin starfish1688
sea-toad1710
1678 E. Phillips New World of Words (new ed.) Five-finger, a Fish resembling a Spur~rowel, which gets into Oysters, when they open and sucks them out.
1850 N. Hawthorne Scarlet Let. xv. 215 She..made prize of several five-fingers.
3. Cards. The five of trumps. Also five-fingers. Obsolete.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > trump cards
triumph1563
trump1563
ruff1598
five-finger1611
honour1674
high1793
low1818
trumph1819
sancho1875
Dix1908
ruffer1934
1611 G. Chapman May-day v. ii, in Wks. (1873) II. 400 I..lost it [the set] hauing the varlet and the fiue finger to make two tricks.
1674 C. Cotton Compl. Gamester xiii. 123 The five fingers (alias, five of trumps) is the best Card in the pack.

Compounds

five-finger discount n. U.S. slang the activity or proceeds of stealing or of shop-lifting.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > [noun] > from shops
shoplifting1676
hoist1795
hoisting1936
five-finger discount1966
1966 J. M. Brewer in A. Dundes Mother Wit (1973) 241/2 Five-finger discount (stealing) pays off.
1976 J. K. Lieberman & N. S. Rhodes Compl. CB Handbk. v. 119 The perfect ‘gift’ for the ‘midnight shopper’ looking for a ‘five-finger discount’.
1983 J. S. Neaman & C. G. Silver Dict. Euphemisms 184 If it fell off the back of a lorry.., Americans might describe it in CB English as a five finger discount (stolen merchandise).
five-finger exercise n. a piece of music written for the purpose of affording practice in the movement of the fingers in pianoforte playing; also transferred and figurative, something very easy.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > that which is easy
ball play?c1225
child's gamec1380
boys' play1538
walkover1861
picnic1870
pudding1884
cakewalk1886
pie1886
cinch1888
snipa1890
pushover1891
pinch1897
sitter1898
pipe1902
five-finger exercise1903
duck soup1912
pud1917
breeze1928
kid stuff1929
soda1930
piece of cake1936
doddle1937
snack1941
stroll1942
piece of piss1949
waltz1968
society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > music on specific instrument > [noun] > keyboard music > on piano
pianoforte concerto1837
pianoforte sonata1838
finger passage1847
piano concerto1851
piano part1854
piano sonata1859
chop-sticks1893
novelette1893
five-finger exercise1903
piano rag1922
1903 Daily Chron. 20 July 3/3 Teaching small pupils the five-finger exercises.
1936 T. S. Eliot Coll. Poems 145 (title of series of short poems) Five-finger exercises.
1959 W. Golding Free Fall xii. 234 Leave happiness to the others, Sammy. It's a five-finger exercise.
1963 B. W. Aldiss Airs of Earth 64 Early news bulletins had spoken of rioting and arrests here and there, but these were mere five-finger exercises for what was to come.
five-finger-grass n. = 1a.
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > rosaceous plants > [noun] > potentilla or cinquefoil
quinquefoileOE
five-leafc1000
goose-grassa1400
camorochec1440
five-leaved grass1526
tansyc1530
cinquefoil1538
potentilla1548
five-fingered grass1562
agrimony1578
silverweed1578
goose-tansy1597
silver grass1600
silverwort1611
five-finger-grass1640
midsummer silvera1697
strawberry cinquefoil1753
Scotch cinquefoil1789
goose-weed1865
five-finger1866
fair days1884
fair-grass1884
potentil1884
1640 J. Parkinson Theatrum Botanicum 398 In English Cinkefoile..and five finger grasse, or five leafed grasse.
1879 R. C. A. Prior On Pop. Names Brit. Plants (ed. 3) Five-finger-grass or Five-leaf, a plant so called from its five leaflets, potentilla reptans.
five-finger-tied adj. ? tied with all the fingers of the hand.Apparently an isolated use.
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida (1623) v. ii. 160 And with another knot fiue finger tied [1609 finde finger tied], The fractions of her faith..are bound to Diomed.

Derivatives

five-fingering n. (see quot. 1889).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for shellfish > for others
clamming1636
cockling1790
periwinkling1841
five-fingering1889
winkling1898
ormering1903
quahogging1905
1889 A. T. Pask Eyes of Thames 58 They go out ‘five-fingering’, i.e. catching star-fish for manure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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