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