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Fingering [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of touching lightly or handling.

2. The manner of touching an instrument of music.

3. Delicate work made with the fingers.

Fingering [Participle present tense] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Handling; touching lightly.

Fingering [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.

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.

Fingering [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Finger