finger stone

A fo il resembling an arrow. fin-ger, v. t. & i. [FINGER, 8.] A. Transitive : I. Ordinary Language: 1. To touch with the finger; to handle. 2. To toy, to meddle or interfere with. "Go, get you gone, and let the papers lie; You would be fingering them to anger me." Shakesp.: Two Gentlemen of Verona, 1. 2. 3. To touch thievishly; to pilfer, to purloin. "The king was slyly fingered from the deck." Shakesp.: Henry VI., Pt . III ., v. 1. 4. To perform with the fingers; as, a delicate piece of work. IMG:content-1651.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Music : (1) Touched or played with the fingers; as, a keyed, stringed, or holed instrument. (3) Marked with figures to indicate with what finger each note is to be played.