单词 | five-finger |
释义 | five-fingern. 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. 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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