English Dictionary: five-fingered maidenhair fern | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Fee-faw-fum \Fee`-faw`-fum"\, n. A nonsensical exclamation attributed to giants and ogres; hence, any expression calculated to impose upon the timid and ignorant. [bd]Impudent fee-faw-fums.[b8] --J. H. Newman. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Starfish \Star"fish\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also {sea star}, {five-finger}, and {stellerid}. Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes. See {Brittle star}, and {Ophiuroidea}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The dollar fish, or butterfish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Five-finger \Five"-fin`ger\, n. 1. (Bot.) See {Cinquefoil}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A starfish with five rays, esp. {Asterias rubens}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cinquefoil \Cinque"foil`\, n. [Cinque five + foil, F. feuille leaf. See {Foil}.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several different species of the genus {Potentilla}; -- also called {five-finger}, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand. 2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. --Gwilt. {Marsh cinquefoil}, the {Potentilla palustris}, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Starfish \Star"fish\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also {sea star}, {five-finger}, and {stellerid}. Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes. See {Brittle star}, and {Ophiuroidea}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The dollar fish, or butterfish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Five-finger \Five"-fin`ger\, n. 1. (Bot.) See {Cinquefoil}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A starfish with five rays, esp. {Asterias rubens}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cinquefoil \Cinque"foil`\, n. [Cinque five + foil, F. feuille leaf. See {Foil}.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several different species of the genus {Potentilla}; -- also called {five-finger}, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand. 2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. --Gwilt. {Marsh cinquefoil}, the {Potentilla palustris}, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Starfish \Star"fish\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of echinoderms belonging to the class Asterioidea, in which the body is star-shaped and usually has five rays, though the number of rays varies from five to forty or more. The rays are often long, but are sometimes so short as to appear only as angles to the disklike body. Called also {sea star}, {five-finger}, and {stellerid}. Note: The ophiuroids are also sometimes called starfishes. See {Brittle star}, and {Ophiuroidea}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The dollar fish, or butterfish. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Five-finger \Five"-fin`ger\, n. 1. (Bot.) See {Cinquefoil}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) A starfish with five rays, esp. {Asterias rubens}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Cinquefoil \Cinque"foil`\, n. [Cinque five + foil, F. feuille leaf. See {Foil}.] 1. (Bot.) The name of several different species of the genus {Potentilla}; -- also called {five-finger}, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand. 2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. --Gwilt. {Marsh cinquefoil}, the {Potentilla palustris}, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Merils \Mer"ils\, n. [F. m[82]relle, marelle, marelles, LL. marella, marrella. Cf. {Morris} the game.] A boy's play, called also {fivepenny morris}. See {Morris}. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Five Points, AL (town, FIPS 26200) Location: 33.01707 N, 85.35126 W Population (1990): 200 (76 housing units) Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 36855 Five Points, FL (CDP, FIPS 22475) Location: 30.22266 N, 82.64402 W Population (1990): 1136 (468 housing units) Area: 6.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Five Points, OH (CDP, FIPS 27303) Location: 39.56157 N, 84.19715 W Population (1990): 1554 (510 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Five Points, TN Zip code(s): 38457 |