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Webster 1913 Edition


Finch

Finch

(fĭnch)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Finches
(fĭnch′ĕz)
.
[AS.
finc
; akin to D.
vink
, OHG.
fincho
, G.
fink
; cf. W.
pinc
a finch; also E.
spink
.]
(Zool.)
A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family
Fringillidæ
.
☞ The word is often used in composition, as in chaffinch, goldfinch, grassfinch, pinefinch, etc.
Bramble finch
.
See
Brambling
.
Canary finch
,
the canary bird.
Copper finch
.
See
Chaffinch
.
Diamond finch
.
See under
Diamond
.
Finch falcon
(Zool.)
,
one of several very small East Indian falcons of the genus
Hierax
.
To pull a finch
,
to swindle an ignorant or unsuspecting person.
[Obs.]
“Privily a finch eke could he pull.”
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Finch

FINCH

,
Noun.
A bird. But finch is used chiefly in composition; as chaffinch, goldfinch. These belong to the genus Fringilla.

Definition 2024


Finch

Finch

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English

Proper noun

Finch

  1. A surname.

finch

finch

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English

Noun

finch (plural finches)

  1. Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.

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Verb

finch (third-person singular simple present finches, present participle finching, simple past and past participle finched)

  1. To hunt for finches, to go finching.