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fingerboard
  • n  a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
  • n  a bank of keys on a musical instrument
  • n  a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers
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fingerbreadth
  • n  the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
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finnan haddie
  • n  haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter
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fingerflower
  • n  tall leafy European biennial or perennial having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; leaves yield drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock
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fingering
  • n  the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument
  • n  touching something with the fingers
  • v  feel or handle with the fingers
  • v  examine by touch
  • v  search for on the computer
  • v  indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments
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