finnan haddie
- n haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter
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
fingerpost
- n a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
fingerprint
- n a print made by an impression of the ridges in the skin of a finger; often used for biometric identification in criminal investigations
- n a generic term for any identifying characteristic
that tax bill had the senator's fingerprints all over it - n a smudge made by a (dirty) finger
- v take an impression of a person's fingerprints