a. [f. FINGER sb. + -Y1.] Branching into fingers or finger-like divisions.

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1821.  D. M. Moir, in Blackw. Mag., VIII. 527.

        The broad fern, with its fingery leaf expands,
And the sloe-thorn is sprinkled with white flakes,
Like morning dews by magic frosted o’er.

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1840.  Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc., I. IV. 403. Turnips, also, on light sandy soil, when repeated at short intervals, grow fingery and of little value.

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