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To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent. As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones. W. Browne.

ent, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole. The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around. Pope.

A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work.

g traction upon, bodies which it would be inconvenient or impracticable to seize with the fingers, especially one for delicate operations, as those of watchmakers, surgeons, accoucheurs, dentists, etc.

The forked piece between two adjacent fingers, to which the front and back portions are sewed. Knight.

A short piece of wire, or other material fixed across the finger board of a guitar or a similar instrument, to indicate where the finger is to be placed.

Written or engraved; formed of letters or lines. The finger of God hath left an inscription upon all his works, not graphical, or composed of letters. Sir T. Browne.

To seize and hold by clasping or embracing with the fingers or arms; to catch to take possession of. Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer's staff. Shak.

To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch.

In printing presses, the fingers or nippers.

ngs, three of silk covered with silver wire, and three of catgut, -- played upon with the fingers.

A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the root of finger nail. Holloway.

sting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones.

frame furnished with strings and sometimes with pedals, held upright, and played with the fingers.

music set horizontally on legs, like the grand piano, with strings of wire, played by the fingers, by means of keys provided with quills, instead of hammers, for striking the strings. It is now superseded by the piano.

The powdered leaves furnish a red coloring matter used in the East to stain the hails and fingers, the manes of horses, etc.

A heart-shaped bulbous root, about the size of a finger, brought from Turkey, formerly used as a cathartic.

Having six fingers or toes.

ar, carry, or manage; as he holds himself erect; he holds his head high. Let him hold his fingers thus. Shak. To hold a wager, to lay or hazard a wager. Swift. -- To hold forth, to offer; to exhibit; to propose; to put forward. "The propositions which books hold forth and pretend to teach." Locke. -- To held in, to r…

or pertaining to the prominent part of the palm of the hand above the base of the little finger, or a corresponding part in the forefoot of an animal; as, the hypothenar eminence.