Reverse Dictionary: FIN – FIQ

FIN – NOUNS
1900Bk • FANG a fin

FINAGLE – VERBS
1840 • SMOUCH • SMOUGE  to finagle; to cheat one; to engage in devious or underhanded activities

FINAL, FINALITY, FINALLY – ADJECTIVES
1626 • ULTIM • ULTIME final, ultimate (obs.)
1885 • ULTIMATIVE tending to produce some final result
1885 • FAG-END final, last
 
FINAL etc. – ADVERBS
1325 • AFINE  finally; in the end, at last (obs.)
1607 • IN THE LAST finally, in the end (obs.)
1820 • AT LONG finally
1866 • AT THE LONG LENGTH 1866 finally, at last
1892 • AT LONG AND AT LAST finally, in the end
20C • IN THE HEEL OF THE HUNT finally, at the last minute
1922 • FINALLY AT LAST finally, in the end
 
FINAL etc. – PHRASES
1940s • THAT’S ALL SHE WROTE a term of finality, that’s all there is
 
FINAL etc. – NOUNS
1613 • ULTIMITY the final point or ultimate development of an action or thing; the last stage
1622 • ULTIMO the final point or limit (obs.)
1649 • ULTIMUM the final point or limit (obs.)
1651 • OMEGA the final or end development; the last of a series
1791 • ULTIMATION the final issue or development; the act or process of bringing to an ultimate result
1839 • LAST LICKS a final turn or opportunity 
1861 • ULTIMATUM final lot or destiny
20C • LAST KNOCKINGS the final state of a period or activity
1942 • A-END the final part; the end
1942 • ARSE END the final part; the end 

FINANCE(S), FINANCIAL – ADJECTIVES
19C • ALL TO HELL financially ruined 
1881 • BUSTED financially ruined, bankrupt 
1909 • BUSTED-UP financially ruined, bankrupt 
1918 • BROKE TO THE WORLD financially ruined, bankrupt; penniless
1998 • PAID financially stable if not wealthy 
M19 • FAST in financial difficulties 
1865 • TIGHT in financial difficulties, hard up; of money: scarce 
1926 • IN HOCK in financial difficulty 
1926 • IN THE RED in financial difficulty 
1917 • ON ONE’S ASS in financial or other ruin 
1905Bk • TIGHTISH in financial straits, wanting money 
1886 • IN QUEER STREET in financial trouble 
1889 • ON THE ROCKS in financial trouble 
 
FINANCE(S) etc. – ADVERBS
1825 • CRUMENICALLY ‘in relation to the purse’
 
FINANCE(S) etc. – NOUNS
L17 • ALTAMEL • ALTEMAL a financial summary or account produced without detail and demanded as a lump sum 
1834 • BURSTING a financial break-down 
1914Bk • BLOW CARD financial embarrassment  
1920 • SHORT STREET an imaginary street where people in financial difficulty are supposed to reside 
1929 • PIECE financial interest in a business, etc. 
1929 • PIECE OF THE ACTION financial interest in a business, etc. 
1947 • RAKE-IN the financial results of an enterprise 
1970s • THE TIGHTS a financially grim condition 
1975 • MOUSE HOUSE a finance company 
 
FINANCE(S) etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
1662 • MONEY-MAN a financier or backer; a financial expert
1822 • DOT-AND-CARRY-ONE a person involved in finance or financial calculations (obs.)
L19 • BROKER a person who is usually having financial problems; a poor person 
 
FINANCE(S) etc. – PHRASES
1825 • ONE’S BACK IS AT THE WALL one is in a state of financial embarrassment; one is in exile or in hiding
E19 • AT STAINES in financial difficulties
E19 • AT THE BUSH in financial difficulties
 
FINANCE(S) etc. – VERBS
1793 • FEEL THE PINCH to feel the adverse effects of changed financial conditions 
L18 • CATCH (A) COLD to lose out financially, possibly after purchasing a supposed ‘bargain’, which proves to be otherwise 
L19 • TAKE THE KNOCK to suffer financial losses, often in gambling 
1910s • TAP to exhaust one’s finances 
1920s • HIT THE SKIDS to enter in a period of economic decline 
1925 • FEEL THE DRAUGHT to feel the adverse effects of changed financial conditions 
1929 • ANGEL to finance 
1930s • TAP OUT to come to the end of one’s finances 
1969 • THE ARSE DROPS OUT OF to fail dismally; said of a financial venture 
1969 • THE ARSE FALLS OUT OF to fail dismally; said of a financial venture 

FINCH – NOUNS
1882 • OLF a finch

FIND – ADJECTIVES
1822 • FAR TO SEEK difficult to find
1973 • HARD TO FIND AS DOG’S EGGS very hard to find
 
FIND – NOUNS
1875 • NOSE an innate ability to find things 
1970s • PUNT AROUND an attempt to find someone or something 
 
FIND – VERBS
950 • YFIND to find (obs.)
1200 • BEFIND to find, to discover (obs.)
1300 • LAIT to try to find, to seek, to look or search for (obs.)
1611 • DIG OUT to find and obtain, to research and discover 
1611 • DIG UP to find and obtain, to research and discover 
1670 • FIND AN ELEPHANT IN THE MOON to find something that seems like a great discovery, but it’s  not 
1815 • RUN TO EARTH to find someone after searching 
1842 • FANG to find 
1864 • SCOUR to find, to discover, to lay hands on 
1905Bk • SCARE UP to find, to pick up 
1914Bk • HIT to find, to meet 
1950s • CHASE UP to make efforts to find or obtain quickly 

FIND OUT – ADJECTIVES
E19 • HEURISTIC serving to find out or discover something 
 
FIND OUT – VERBS
1000 • AFIND to find out, to discover (obs.)
1528 • DECIPHER to find out, to discover, to detect (obs.)
19C • UNDERFIND to find out, to discover something secret 
E19 • BOWL OUT to find out, to be found out 
1898Bk • ART to find out; to discover 
1969 • FIND UP to find out, to discover 

FINE (good, excellent) – ADJECTIVES
1314 • BEL fine, fair, beautiful (obs.)
1340 • DAINTY fine, pleasant, agreeable, handsome (obs.)
1450 • TALL fine, elegant, comely, handsome (obs.)
1470 • GAY fine, brilliantly good; excellent (obs.)
1500 • WALLIE • WALLY • WALY fine, handsome
1513 • GIM fine, smart, spruce, neat, pretty (obs.)
1529 • PRETTY fine, pleasing, commendable
1539 • GALLANT fine, excellent, splendid, grand
M16 • GALLUS fine, very great, excellent, absolute
1596 • RARE fine, splendid, excellent, first-rate
1604 • VAGE fine, handsome (obs.)
1604 • VALIANT fine, splendid (obs.)
1613 • TOPGALLANT fine, excellent, grand
1616 • TWANGING exceptionally fine or good (obs.)
1698 • DENTY fine, worthy, excellent; handsome 
1762 • IMMENSE fine, superlatively good, splendid
1789 • GALLOWS fine, very great, excellent, first-rate
1792 • DANDY fine, splendid, first-rate, excellent 
19C • RASPING  fine, excellent
E19 • GREAT fine, excellent, very good, admirable
1805 • PEARCE fine, showy, extraordinary; said of clothes
1805 • VADY • VAUDIE • VAUDY fine or gay in appearance
1810 • TIPPY fine, smart, fashionable (obs.)
1818 • WALLY-DYE fine, splendid
1834 • BUNKUM fine, excellent, first-rate, esp. of food
1836 • FINE AS A FIDDLE very fine; in excellent health or spirits 
M19 • ALL HUNK  fine, satisfactory
M19 • SCRUMPTIOUS  fine, first-rate, excellent
M19 • SPANDY very fine or good; smart
1856 • BRICKISH fine, jolly 
1859 • FINELY 1859 Amer. dial.– fine, very good
1861 • HUNKY DORY fine, satisfactory
1864 • RORTY fine, splendid, jolly; of the very best
1874 • LARGE-SIZED fine, very enjoyable, exciting (obs.)
1876 • MIGHTY very fine or gay
1888 • JIM-DANDY very fine
1889 • EXTRA-SPECIAL exceptionally fine or good 
1890 • CATISH • KATISH • KITASH fine, elegant, stylish; beautiful 
1892 • SKEWVEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right
1894 • RIGHT AS NAILS perfectly fine; in good condition
1894 • SKOOKUM fine, good, satisfactory
1895 • CORKING fine, excellent, very pleasing 
1896 • LARGE fine, pleasant, enjoyable, lively
1896 • SKEWGEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right
L19 • SMACKING unusually fine or large
L19 • SPLASHING fine, excellent, first-rate
L19 • SPLASHY fine, excellent, first-rate
20C • FLY fine; good
1900 • PEACHY fine, excellent, splendid
1900Bk • FASSY fine, smart, fashionable 
1901 • ACES fine, first-rate; quite satisfactory
1902 • ACES-UP fine, preeminent
1905 • SKRUGEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right
1905 • SQUEEGEE fine, correct, as it should be, all right
1905Bk • BULLY fine, excellent, grand 
1905Bk • MAGNIFICAL fine, grand, magnificent
1908 • HUNKUM-BUNKUM very fine, excellent, good, splendid
1910s • PEACHES fine, excellent
1910s • SCRUMBOTIOUS fine, first-class, wonderful, excellent; often but not always used of food
1911 • BUNKUMSQUINT fine, excellent, first-rate, esp. of food
1911Bk • BONNYLIKE fine as to appearance; good to look at 
1911Bk • BRAW  fine, gaily dressed
1914 • ALAGAZAM fine, excellent 
1914Bk • CASMALA fine, excellent, splendid 
1914Bk • CLASSY fine, stylish, neat, trim 
1914Bk • EXPOLAGOLLUCIOUS very fine, splendid, elegant 
1914Bk • FLIPPERCANORIOUS fine, grand
1914Bk • GALLOPTIOUS • GOLOPTIOUS fine, splendid, excellent
1914Bk • GLOBSLOPTIOUS fine, splendid
1914Bk • GOBERSLOPTIOUS fine, splendid, excellent
1914Bk • GOBSLOPTIOUS fine, splendid
1914Bk • GRANDACIOUS fine, very grand
1914Bk • GRANDILIOUS fine, splendid, grand
1914Bk • HUNKEY very fine, just the thing
1914Bk • HYPERFIRMACIOUS fine, splendid, excellent
1914Bk • LAPLOLLY fine, splendid
1914Bk • MAGNOLIOUS very fine, magnificent
1914Bk • PERSKWEE fine, splendid, excellent
1914Bk • RATTLING-GOOD fine, splendid, excellent
1914Bk • SCALLYWHAMPUS splendid, fine
1914Bk • SCRUM fine, excellent, splendid
1914Bk • SCRUMDIFFEROUS very fine, splendid
1914Bk • SCRUMDOODLE very fine, splendid
1914Bk • SCRUMDUMPISH fine, splendid
1914Bk • SCRUMPTEDIDLEOUS fine, excellent
1914Bk • SLOBBERGULLUIOUS very fine, splendid, excellent
1914Bk • SLOPERGLOBTIOUS fine, splendid
1914Bk • SNIPTIOUS fine, attractive, splendid
1914Bk • SPANKING fine, outstanding
1914Bk • SPIFFY very fine, attractive, splendid
1914Bk • SPLENDIFEROUS fine, splendid, brilliant, gorgeous
1914Bk • SUPERBAGNAMIOUS very fine, excellent, great
1914Bk • SUPERGLOBBERSLOPTIOUS very fine, excellent
1914Bk • SUPERGLOBSLOPTIOUS very fine
1914Bk • SUPERGOBOSNOPTIOUS very fine, excellent
1914Bk • SUPERGOBSLOPTIOUS very fine, excellent
1914Bk • SUPERLOBGOSHIOUS 1914Bk very fine, first-class, excellent
1914Bk • SUPERRUMDIFFEROUS very fine, splendid
1914Bk • SUPERSPADRATIC very fine, splendid
1914Bk • SWELLDIFFEROUS very fine, swell, elegant
1914Bk • SWELLEGANT very fine, beautiful
1914Bk • SWELLELEGANT very fine, beautiful
1914Bk • SWUZZY fine, attractive, admirable
1915 • COPACETIC fine; completely satisfactory
1915 • SCRUMMY 1915 UK sl.– fine, excellent
1916 • GUMPTIOUS fine, splendid, excellent, first-rate
1916 • SQUEACHY fine, correct, as it should be, all right
1918 • DARBY fine, excellent; wonderful, first-rate
1920 • ACES AND EIGHTS fine, first-rate, quite satisfactory
1920s • OK COAKLEY • OK KOAKLEY fine, good, satisfactory
1930s • BLIP fine; good 
1930s • HOKEY-DOKEY fine, good, acceptable
1932 • OKEY-DOKE fine, satisfactory, correct, good
1933 • COOL fine, excellent, great 
1940s • ANXIOUS fine, good 
1940s • CAKE fine, pleasing 
1940s • CALLAWAMPUS fine, big, stout, grand 
1957 • FAB fine, delightful, wonderful, very good, excellent
1960 • FINE AS GNAT’S WHISKERS very fine
1960 • HARD fine, good, excellent
1960s • ABOUT HALF feeling fine, relatively happy 
1960s • CHRISTMAS fine, admirable 
1960s • ZOOLY fine, good, exciting
1964 • CRACKER fine, excellent; exceptional of its kind
1967 • FINE AS FEATHERS fine, in good shape; just right
1975 • DITZY fine, admirable, first-class 
1984 • FRESH fine, excellent; very good
1993 • AIGHT fine, all right, satisfactory, good 
2006Bk • FINER THAN FROG HAIR fine; good
 
FINE (good, excellent) – INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
1890 • ALLERICKSTIX all right, fine
1937 • BOB’S YOUR UNCLE everything is fine
1960s • EVERYTHING IS EVERYTHING everything is fine
1980s • ALL FRUITS RIPE everything is fine
1990s • ALL GOOD everything is fine
 
FINE (good, excellent) – NOUNS
1340 • DAINTY a fine, pleasing, or delightful thing (obs.)
1646 • CROWN JEWELS particularly fine or precious things
1751 • SPANKER an outstandingly fine or large thing
1837 • DANDY a fine, neat, or dainty thing
M19 • SALT a fine example.
1896 • BEAUT a fine or splendid thing
1896 • LALAPALOOZA • LALAPOLOOSA • LALAPOOZER • LALLAPALOOSA • LALLAPALOOSER • LALLAPALOOTZA • LOLAPALOOSA • LOLLAPALOOSA • LOLLOPALOUSER • LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual thing
20C • CRACKER an exceptionally fine or good thing of its type
1905 • HUMDINGER a very fine or splendid thing
1905Bk • MASH a fine thing, esp. of dress
1905Bk • RARE DEED fine, great, or extraordinary things
1908 • JOE DARTER a very fine or excellent thing 
1911 • BEANER a fine or excellent thing
1914 • HARKER a fine, strong thing
1914Bk • DINGCLICKER an unusually fine or pleasing thing
1914Bk • DOODLE a fine, splendid, or pleasing thing
1914Bk • JIM-SLICKER an unusually fine or pleasing thing
1914Bk • PEACHAMAROOT a very fine or splendid thing
1914Bk • PEACHAROONEY a very fine or splendid thing
1914Bk • PEACHERINE a very fine or splendid thing
1914Bk • PEACHERINO a very fine or splendid thing
1934 • SOMETHING ON A STICK an unusually fine or valuable thing
1941 • RUBY-DAZZLER a fine or excellent thing
1946 • JIM-SWEETENER a fine or excellent thing 
 
FINE (good, excellent) – NOUNS, PERSON
1520 • NICEBECETUR a fine, dainty, or fashionable girl or woman (obs.)
1595 • NICEBICE a fine, dainty, or fashionable girl or woman (obs.)
1599 • BAWCOCK a fine fellow; a good fellow; a jolly fellow (arch.)
1819 • TRUMP a fine person; a ‘brick’
1840 • DAISY-CUTTER a fine fellow
1851 • RIPPER a fine or excellent woman
1858 • HOSS a fine or remarkable person
1865Bk • WIND DO TWIRL a fine girl
1889 • NICE CUP OF TEA a very fine fellow
1896 • LALAPALOOZA • LALAPOLOOSA • LALAPOOZER • LALLAPALOOSA • LALLAPALOOSER • LALLAPALOOTZA • LOLAPALOOSA • LOLLAPALOOSA • LOLLOPALOUSER • LOLLYPALOOZER an exceptionally fine, remarkable or unusual person
1905 • HUMDINGER a very fine or splendid person; a remarkable, excellent, or outstanding person
1911 • CUTTER a fine or good fellow
1914 • HARKER a fine, strong person
1914Bk • BEANER a fine or excellent person
1914Bk • CANDYKID a fine fellow; a showy, stylish person
1914Bk • CANDYMAN a fine fellow; a showy, stylish person
1914Bk • DINGCLICKER an unusually fine or pleasing person
1914Bk • JIM-SLICKER an unusually fine or pleasing person
1914Bk • PEACHAMAROOT a very fine or splendid person
1914Bk • PEACHAROONEY a very fine or splendid person
1914Bk • PEACHERINE a very fine or splendid person
1914Bk • PEACHERINO a very fine or splendid person
1914Bk • TEARER a fine fellow
1935 • CANDY a fine fellow; a showy, stylish person
1946 • JIM-SWEETENER a fine or excellent person 
1955 • HORSE a fine or remarkable person
2006Bk • FLY MINK a fine woman; a sexually attractive woman
 
FINE (good, excellent) – VERBS
1483 • QUAINT to make fine or beautiful (obs.)
1847 • FINIFY to make fine, to adorn 

FINE (thin, narrow) – ADJECTIVES
1603 • RAISE-VELVET superfine (obs.)

FINE (judicial) – NOUNS
1990s • CALVIN KLEIN a judicial fine
 
FINE (judicial) – VERBS
1910s • KNOCK BACK to fine someone 

FINELY – ADVERBS
1000 • DEARLY finely, worthily, choicely, richly (obs.)
1535 • WALLIE • WALLY finely
1590 • RARELY finely, splendidly, beautifully
1639 • SMICKLY  finely, elegantly (obs.)
1782 • TOPLY finely
L19 • DAISY in a fine manner, admirably, excellently
1911Bk • BONNY  finely, prettily, well
1911Bk • BRAVELIES finely, very well, prosperously
1911Bk • BRAWLIES finely, well
1911Bk • BRAWLINS finely, well
1911Bk • BRAWLY finely, well 

FINERY – NOUNS
1430 • GAUD • GAWD a piece of finery, a showy ornament; a gewgaw
1483 • QUAINTRY finery (obs.)
1529 • BAWDRY finery (obs.)
1597 • GAUDERY finery, fine clothes; a piece of finery
1620 • GAUDY-SHOP a shop for finery (obs.)
E18 • FEGARY finery in dress
1706 • FALLAL a piece of finery or frippery, a showy adornment in dress
1718 • TRINKUM-TRANKUMS odd matters of finery, as ribbons, etc. (obs.)
1747 • WHILLY-WALLIES • WILLY-WALLIES finery, fine clothes
1766 • FEGRIM finery (obs.)
1802 • WALLY-DYE a piece of finery or ornamentation
1808 • FEGARIES • FIGARIES finery, superfluous adornments
1813 • WALLIES finery
1818 • FALLALS finery, trumpery ornaments, trifles
1820 • FALDERAL finery, a gewgaw, a useless ornament
1828 • FALDERDAL finery, a gewgaw, a useless ornament
1828 • FOL-DE-ROLL finery, a gewgaw, a useless ornament
1828 • FOLDIDOL finery, a gewgaw, a useless ornament
1833 • FALLALERY tawdry finery; gaudy ornament
1855 • DANGLEMENTS finery, fringes, tassels, the hanging appendages of a garment
1872 • GANGERY finery (obs.)
1876 • TAWDRY cheap finery; cheap, sham jewellery
1877 • FALLALDERMENT finery, ornaments of dress
1882 • FLUMMADIDDLE a bit of finery
1898Bk • AFTERCLAPS superfluous finery
1900Bk • DING-DANGLES finery, hanging beads
1900Bk • DING-DOULERS finery in dress
1900Bk • FALDERMENT finery, useless ornaments of dress
1900Bk • FIGARIMENTS finery, fanciful attire, superfluous adornments
1902Bk • ITEMS finery, trifles
1905Bk • TANCHIMENTS articles of finery; fanciful appliances
1905Bk • TANGLEMENTS articles of female finery
1905Bk • TANKLEMENTS • TANKLIMENTS articles of finery
1905Bk • TEWTRUMS pieces of finery
1911Bk • BRAVITY finery, fine show, display
1915 • FLUBDUB a bit of finery, ornamentation
1930 • MONKEY-TRAPS female finery, to ‘catch’ men 

FINEST – ADJECTIVES
1793 • CRACK finest, best; excellent; first-rate
1914Bk • BEATENEST finest; very exceptional 
 
FINEST – NOUNS
1953 • THE MOST the finest, the best, the most exciting
1953 • THE MOST ON TOAST the finest, the best, the most exciting 

FINGER – ADJECTIVES
1834 • FLY of the fingers: dexterous, nimble, skilful
 
FINGER – NOUNS
1000 • EAR-FINGER the little finger, often put in the ear (obs.)
1000 • LEECH-FINGER the finger next to the little finger (obs.)
1290 • LEECH the finger next to the little finger (obs.)
1485 • TEN-BONES the fingers (obs.)
1544 • RING-MAN the ring finger
1584 • NAMELESS FINGER the middle finger (obs.)
1588 • TALON the grasping fingers of humans
1644 • DIGIT a finger
1700 • FORKS the fingers
1711 • MAULEY • MAULIE • MAWLEY • MORLEY the ring finger (obs.)
1767 • NEB the tip of a finger
L18 • CUNT-HOOKS the fingers
L18 • DABS the fingers
19C • CANT-HOOKS the fingers (obs.)
19C • CURNIE-WURNIE the little finger
19C • PIRLIE the little finger
1808 • PINKIE • PINKY the little finger
1830 • FANG a finger 
1838 • YARKEN • YARKIN the space between the forefinger and thumb
M19 • DIVERS the fingers
M19 • FISH-HOOKS the fingers
M19 • MUCK-FORKS the fingers
M19 • PADDLE the fingers
1856 • THUMB-FINGER the thumb
1870 • BERRY-BARN the third finger
1875 • ARROW FINGER the index finger; either of the fingers used to draw a bow
1881 • MINIMUS the little finger
1887 • TALLMAN the middle finger
1888 • JUPITER the base of the forefinger 
1888 • JUPITER the first finger 
1896 • LUNCH HOOK a finger 
20C • WAIST AND LINGER a finger
1900 • MID-FINGER the middle finger
1902Bk • NAIL-BEARERS the fingers
1904Bk • SCRAB a thin shrivelled finger
1905Bk • HAFFLE a rag tied round an injured finger
1905Bk • LICK-POT the first finger
1905Bk • MAULS the fingers
1905Bk • OAKABELL • OKABELL the fourth finger
1905Bk • TOMMY-THIBEL the first finger
1908 • YARK the space between the forefinger and thumb
1923 • GRUB HOOKS the fingers
1926 • DOG FINGER the index finger • DOG FINGER the middle finger 
1929 • LEAN AND LINGER a finger
1940s • POPPERS the fingers
1942 • MEATHOOK a finger
1946 • LING FINGER the ring finger
1946 • LONG FINGER the middle finger
1950 • FEEBLE MAN the ring finger
1950 • FINGERLING the little finger
1950 • LEEMAN the ring finger
1950 • LITTLE JACK the little finger
1950 • LONGMAN the middle finger
1957 • BONE the middle finger raised in a gesture, meaning, roughly, “fuck you!”
1963 • NAIL the measure of the middle finger from the knuckle to the tip, given as eight to a yard, i.e. 4½ inches
1968 • MUD HOOK a finger
1970 • ONKAPARINGA a finger 
1972 • LINGMAN the ring finger
1972 • LITTLEMAN the little finger
1972 • NO FINGER the ring finger
1972 • ONKA a finger 
1972 • POTLICKER the index finger
1972 • TOM THUMB the thumb
1973 • FIVES the fingers 
1975 • POINTER the index finger
1975 • POINT-FINGER the index finger
1987 • MIDDLEMAN the middle finger
1987 • POINTER-MAN the index finger
1988 • ACME WRINGER a finger
1990s • MANLY-WARRINGAHS the fingers
1992 • WAIT AND LINGER a finger
2006Bk • SHIT-HOOKS the fingers
 
FINGER – VERBS
1611 • PADDLE to finger idly, playfully, or fondly (obs.)
1632 • THRUMBLE to press or rub between the finger and thumb; to finger, to handle over-much or awkwardly
1827 • PALM • PAUM to finger; to lay hands on; to handle awkwardly
1853 • TWITTER to twiddle or move about the fingers or thumbs 
1905Bk • THRUM to twirl the fingers in an awkward, shy manner
1928 • POP to snap one’s fingers; to crack one’s knuckles
M20 • FLIP THE BIRD to give someone the finger
1963 • NABBLE to use the fingers deftly 

FINGERNAIL – ADJECTIVES
1942Bk • IN MOURNING having dirty fingernails
 
FINGERNAIL – NOUNS
1436 • ONGLE a fingernail (obs.)
1749 • FLESH-SPADES the fingernails (obs.)
1821 • NAIL HORN a fingernail
1828 • LUNULA the white crescent-shaped mark at the base of the fingernails
1833 • RUN-ROUND an infection of the tissue around a fingernail
1884 • NANGNAIL a long fingernail
1898 • ONYCHOPHAGY the habit of biting one’s fingernails
L19 • MOURNING BANDS dirty fingernails
L19 • PRESENTS white spots on ones fingernails, supposedly auguring good luck 
20C • WORMS AND SNAILS the fingernails
1904Bk • REEP a mark made with the fingernails
1905Bk • RAGNAILS the small pieces of skin which grow around the fingernails
1947Bk • GRAVE DIGGERS long fingernails
 
FINGERNAIL – NOUNS, PERSON
1834 • ONYCHOPHAGIST a person who bites his nails
1834 • ONYGOPHAGIST a person who bites his nails (erroneous for ‘onychophagist’)
 
FINGERNAIL – VERBS
1623 • EXUNGULATE to pare one’s nails (obs.)
1791 • CULTIVATE to grow the nails, hair, etc., esp. to a particular length or to form a certain style
1904Bk • SCREIT to pare the nails 

FINGERPRINT – NOUNS
1920s • CALLING CARD fingerprints
1926 • DABS fingerprints
1930 • PADDY PRINTS fingerprints
1950 • DARBIES fingerprints
1996 • PARTIAL a partial fingerprint
 
FINGERPRINT – VERBS
1940s • DAB to take a suspect’s fingerprints 

FINICAL, FINICKING, FINICKY – ADJECTIVES
1583 • PRICK-ME-DAINTY finicky in dress, language, and behaviour; excessively particular
1625 • ABRODIETICAL finicky, fastidious; eating daintily (obs.)
1748 • FALLAL finicking, affected, foppish (obs.)
1754 • FALLALISH finicking, affected, foppish, somewhat fallal
19C • SMICKER finical, effeminate; said of men
1815 • MIMINY-PIMINY finicky, over-refined, ridiculously delicate, precise, or affected (obs.)
1818 • NACKETY finicky, fond of neatness
1825 • PIRLIE finicky, difficult to please
1834 • PERNICKET(T)Y • PERNICKITY finicky, fussy, particular, meticulous
1859 • PRIMPY finicky, fastidious; affected 
1872 • FINICKING finicky, fussy, fastidious
1881 • TIMID finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating
1887 • PERJINKETY finicky, fussy, extreme as to neatness
1894 • TICKY finicky, fussy, too particular
1905Bk • MESSY finicking, fidgeting, irritating
1913 • MINCY finicky or overly fastidious, usually about eating
1914Bk • SNEAKY finicky or fussy about eating
1923 • NIFFY-NAFFY finicking, fussy, fastidious
1936 • SNOOPY finicky, particular about one’s food
1950 • HENNY finicky, fussy, petty
1965 • PERSNICKERTY • PERSNICKERTY finicky, fussy, particular, meticulous
1969 • FINICKITY finicky, fussy, fastidious
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FINICAL etc. – NOUNS
1892 • PALAVER a finical procedure; a fussy manner of behaving
 
FINICAL etc. – NOUNS, PERSON
1529 • PRICK-ME-DAINTY a person who is finicky and conceited in dress and carriage
1699 • SMIRK a finical, spruce fellow (obs.)
1753 • JEMMY a finical fellow; a dandy or fop (obs.)
1839 • FINNICKS a person who behaves in a finicking manner
1842 • GRANNY a finicky, fussy, old person of either sex
1900Bk • FEENEEKIN a finical person of small stature
1915 • SPUTTERBRIDGET a finicky, fussy, or fretful person
1968 • BIRD-EATER a person who is finicky about food
 
FINICAL etc. – VERBS
1728 • NIFF-NAFF to take finicking trouble; to trifle; to toy
1893 • NIGGLE to do something in a finicky, fussy, or time-wasting manner 

FINISH, FINISHED, FINISHING, FINISH OFF – ADJECTIVES
L18 • ALL DICKEY (WITH) • ALL DICKY (WITH) finished, all over, ruined
L18 • ALL HOLIDAY AT PECKHAM finished, all over, hopeless
L18 • ALL UP WITH finished, ruined, pointless, destroyed, finished
1842 • ALL OVER BAR THE SHOUTING finished for all intents and purposes
1898Bk • ALL OUT finished, used up
M19 • BANG-UP finished
L19 • DOWN THE RIVER finished, over and done, used up
L19 • DOWN THE SWANNY finished, over and done, used up
20C • CASHED finished, used up
1910s • CAPUT finished, over, ruined
1910s • NAPOO-FINI finished, gone; dead
1910s • TOOTFINNY all finished
1919 • NAPOO finished, gone; dead
1934 • IN THE CAN finished, completed
1941 • APAST finished, completed
1943 • PUCKAROO • PUCKEROO • PUKAROO • PUKARU finished, destroyed, out of order; useless, broken
1950s • DEAD finished; lost; arrested, captured
1959 • CRUPPERED finished
1967 • ABSQUINCHIATED finished, used up
2002Bk • DONE AND DUSTED completely finished, down to the last detail
2006Bk • CRAPPED (OUT) finished, dead
 
FINISH etc. – ADVERBS
1795 • ENDWAY to the finish or end; at the end
 
FINISH etc. – NOUNS
1551 • ABSOLUTENESS a being finished or complete; completeness; perfection (obs.)
1656 • DEACTION a finishing or perfecting (obs.)
1883 • TOP-UP a finish or conclusion
1890 • LAPPING-UP the finish, end, conclusion
1900Bk • THE LAST END the finish, conclusion
1970s • WRAP something finished or over and done with
 
FINISH etc. – PHRASES
1966 • CHURCH IS OUT something is finished; a chance is gone
 
FINISH etc. – VERBS
1385 • ACHIEVE to finish, to terminate; to bring to an end or termination (obs.)
1413 • ADETERMINE to finish, to bring to an end, to terminate (obs.)
1576 • BREAK THE NECK OF to finish, to destroy, to bring to an end (obs.)
1776 • PIN UP THE BASKET to finish, to end
1846 • BALL OFF to finish quickly, to cease
1895 • LAP UP to finish, to make an end of, to bring to a conclusion
1898 • MOP UP to finish off, usually by killing, to vanquish; hence, to finish the remainder of a task
1903 • THROW IN ONE’S ALLEY to finish, to give up, to die
1904Bk • SAM UP to finish
1919 • CUT OUT to finish; to come to an end; to cease
1926 • WRAP UP to finish, to complete
1932 • LITTLE-UP to finish many half-completed tasks
1945 • CUT to finish
1954 • PUT IN THE CAN to finish a project or task
1970s • WRAP to finish, to complete
1988 • PULL THE PLUG to finish, to stop
1999 • SKIN OUT to finish something; to clean something out
2000 • KICK SOMETHING INTO TOUCH to finish an activity; to stop doing something or stop something happening 

FINISHING STROKE, FINISHING TOUCH – NOUNS
1815 • CROWNER a finishing touch; the culmination; the thing or event in a series which outdoes or is a climax to all those preceding
1892 • HEAD-SHEAF the finishing touch; the crowning point
1900Bk • END-ALL a finishing stroke; an act of completion 

FINLAND – NOUNS, PERSON
1965 • ROUNDHEAD a Finnish person
2006Bk • HELSINKIAN a native or inhabitant of Helsinki, Finland