fingering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fingering	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for fingering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fingering n the placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument touching something with the fingers
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Finger \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. --Shak. 5. To execute, as any delicate work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fingering \Fin"gering\, n. 1. The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers. The mere sight and fingering* of money. --Grew. 2. The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc. 3. The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers. 4. Delicate work made with the fingers. --Spenser.