finger and toe

A popular name for Dactylorhiza, a disease in turnips. "The diseases of turnips are somewhat difficult to cope with. Non-selection of bulbs for seed conduces to both anbury and finger - and - toe . " - Smiths on: Useful Book for Farmers, p. 36. finger-bar, 8. Agric.: The bar of a reaping or mowing machine, whose front edge has projecting fingers, called guards, through whose horizontal slots the serrated knife reciprocates. finger-board, s. Music : 1. The flat or slightly rounded piece of wood attached to the neck of instruments of the violin and guitar cla , on to which the strings are pre ed when stopped by the fingers. 2. A manual or keyboard. ( Stainer & Barrett.) finger-bowl, s. A finger-gla (q. v.). finger-fed, adj. Nicely brought up; pampered. finger-fern, s. Bot .: Asplenium ceterach . finger-flower, s. Bot.: is purpure a. ( Britten & Holland.) finger-gla , s. A gla or bowl in which to rinse the fingers after dinner or de ert. finger-gra , s. Bot.: A name given to Digit aria, a genus of gra es. finger-grip, s. Well-boring: A tool for recovering rods or tools dropped into a bored shaft. It consists of a rod having a foot, which is twisted around so as to penetrate beneath the object, and enable it to be lifted and withdrawn.