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).

单词	five-finger
释义	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. Thesaurus » Categories » a. The cinquefoil ( Potentilla reptans and other species). Thesaurus » Categories » b. The oxlip ( Primula elatior). c. Lotus corniculatus. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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). < n.c1000
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