To interlock the fingers. Obsolete.

To stretch out (the thumb) as in spanning.

To untwine (the fingers).

(transitive) to open the fingers of (a hand).

To clasp tightly in the hand. †To press, squeeze (another's hand or fingers, a person by the hand) in love or farewell (obsolete). Also (rarely)…

To arrange in a shape suggesting a tent; esp., with the fingers as object, = steeple, v. 4.

transitive. To place (the fingers or hands) together in the shape of a steeple.