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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 fin·ger /ˈfɪŋgɚ/
 手指,指狀物,指針(vt.)(vi.)用手指撥弄,伸出;  (用戶可用它來查出所在系統的基本數據或internet上任何一個IP使用者的數據資料。在NETSCAPE 中可用來查詢網關)

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 fin·ger /ˈfɪŋgɚ/ 名詞
 指,內顎指(昆蟲),指狀物

From: Taiwan MOE computer dictionary

 finger
 手指

From: Network Terminology

 finger
 指 手指

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fin·ger n.
 1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extremities of the hand, other than the thumb.
 2. Anything that does the work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially Mech. a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.
 3. The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.
    A piece of steel three fingers thick.   --Bp. Wilkins.
 4. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. [R.]
    She has a good finger.   --Busby.
 Ear finger, the little finger.
 Finger alphabet. See Dactylology.
 Finger bar, the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play.
 Finger board Mus., the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual.
 Finger bowl Finger glass, a bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
 Finger flower Bot., the foxglove.
 Finger grass Bot., a kind of grass (Panicum sanguinale) with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See Crab grass, under Crab.
 Finger nut, a fly nut or thumb nut.
 Finger plate, a strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks.
 Finger post, a guide post bearing an index finger.
 Finger reading, reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind.
 Finger shell Zool., a marine shell (Pholas dactylus) resembling a finger in form.
 Finger sponge Zool., a sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches.
 Finger stall, a cover or shield for a finger.
 Finger steel, a steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife.
 To burn one's fingers. See under Burn.
 To have a finger in, to be concerned in. [Colloq.]
 To have at one's fingers' ends, to be thoroughly familiar with. [Colloq.]

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fin·ger v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fingered p. pr. & vb. n. Fingering.]
 1. To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.
 Let the papers lie;
 You would be fingering them to anger me.   --Shak.
 2. To touch lightly; to toy with.
 3. Mus. (a) To perform on an instrument of music. (b) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
 4. To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin.
 5. To execute, as any delicate work.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Fin·ger, v. i. Mus. To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 finger
      n 1: any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting
           the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin"
      2: the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure
         [syn: fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit]
      3: the part of a glove that provides a covering for one of the
         fingers
      v 1: feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the
           book" [syn: thumb]
      2: examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer
         fingered the sweater" [syn: feel]
      3: search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found
         that he is not logged on in the afternoons"
      4: indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for
         keyboard instruments