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Fine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fined (fīnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Fining.] [From , a.] 1. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
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It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men. Hobbes.
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2. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil. L. H. Bailey.
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3. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
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I often sate at home
On evenings, watching how they fined themselves
With gradual conscience to a perfect night. Browning.
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Fine (fīn), n. [OE. fin, L. finis end, also in LL., a final agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal; a sum of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. OF. fin end, settlement, F. fin end. See , and cf. .] 1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] “To see their fatal fine.” Spenser.
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Is this the fine of his fines? Shak.
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2. A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.
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3. (Law) (a) (Feudal Law) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal. Spelman.

(b) (Eng. Law) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
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Coloq. Fine for alienation (Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another. Burrill. -- Coloq. Fine of lands , a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party. Burrill. See , n., 4. -- Coloq. In fine , in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up.
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Fine, v. t. [From , n.] To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
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Fine, v. i. To pay a fine. See , n., 3 (b). [R.]
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Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined for leave to marry. Hallam.
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Fine, v. t. & i. [OF. finer, F. finir. See , v. t.] To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. [Obs.]
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Fine (fīn), adv. 1. Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly. [Obs., Dial., or Colloq.]
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2. (Billiards & Pool) In a manner so that the driven ball strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one side.
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Fine (fīn), v. i. To become fine (in any one of various senses); as, the ale will fine; the weather fined.

Coloq. To fine Coloq. away, down, off , gradually to become fine; to diminish; to dwindle.
I watched her [the ship] . . . gradually fining down in the westward until I lost of her hull. W. C. Russel.
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fineable adj. liable to a fine.
Syn. -- finable.
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fined adj. subjected to punishment by a fine.
Syn. -- mulcted.
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Finedraw (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Finedrawn (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Finedrawing.] To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter. Marryat.
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Finedrawer (?), n. One who finedraws.
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Finedrawn (?), a. Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; as, finedrawn speculations.
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Fineer (?), v. i. To run in debt by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit. [R.] Goldsmith.
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Fineer, v. t. To veneer.
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fine-grained adj. 1. consisting of fine particles.
Syn. -- powdered, powdery, pulverized, small-grained.
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2. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
Syn. -- close-grained.
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3. involving careful consideration of details and fine distinctions; -- of conceptual schemas; as, fine-grained distinctions.
Syn. -- detailed.
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Fineless (?), a. [Fine end + -less.] Endless; boundless. [Obs.] Shak.
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fine-looking adj. pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion; as, a fine-looking woman.[Narrower terms: beautiful (vs. ugly) ]
Syn. -- good-looking, better-looking, handsome, well-favored, well-favoured.
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Finely, adv. In a fine or finished manner.
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Fineness, n. [From , a.] 1. The quality or condition of being fine.
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2. Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor.
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The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion. Shak.
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3. The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins.
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☞ The fineness of United States coin is nine tenths, that of English gold coin is eleven twelfths, and that of English silver coin is 925/1000.
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4. Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle's point, or of the edge of a blade.
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Finer (?), n. One who fines or purifies.
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Finery (?), n. 1. Fineness; beauty. [Obs.]
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Don't choose your place of study by the finery of the prospects. I. Watts.
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2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
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Her mistress' cast-off finery. F. W. Robertson.
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3. [Cf. .] (Iron Works) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
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Finespun (?), a. Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
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Finesse (? or ?), n. [F., fr. fin fine. See , a.] 1. Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
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This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into slavery. Milton.
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2. (Whist Playing) The act of finessing. See , v. i., 2.
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Finesse (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Finessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Finessing.] 1. To use artifice or stratagem. Goldsmith.
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2. (Whist Playing) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.
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Finestill (?), v. t. To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation.
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Finestiller (?), n. One who finestills.
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fine-tooth fine-toothed adj. having fine teeth set close together; as, a fine-tooth comb.
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fine-tune v. t. to adjust carefully and precisely so as to achieve optimum performance or efficiency; as, The mechanic fine-tuned the engine.
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Finew (?), n. [See .] Moldiness. [R.]
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Finfish (?), n. (Zoöl.) (a) A finback whale. (b) (pl.) True fish, as distinguished from shellfish.
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Finfoot (?), n. (Zoöl.) A South American bird (Heliornis fulica) allied to the grebes. The name is also applied to several related species of the genus Podica.
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Fin-footed, a. (Zoöl.) (a) Having palmate feet. (b) Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.
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Finger (fĭṉgẽr), n. [AS. finger; akin to D. vinger, OS. & OHG. fingar, G. finger, Icel. fingr, Sw. & Dan. finger, Goth. figgrs; of unknown origin; perh. akin to E. fang.] 1. One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extremities of the hand, other than the thumb.
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2. Anything that does the work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.
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3. The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.
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A piece of steel three fingers thick. Bp. Wilkins.
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4. Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. [R.]
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She has a good finger. Busby.
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Coloq. Ear finger , the little finger. -- Coloq. Finger alphabet . See . -- Coloq. Finger bar , the horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play. -- Coloq. Finger board (Mus.), the part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual. -- Coloq. Finger bowl Coloq. Finger glass , a bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table. -- Coloq. Finger flower (Bot.), the foxglove. -- Coloq. Finger grass (Bot.), a kind of grass (Panicum sanguinale) with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See Crab grass, under . -- Coloq. Finger nut , a fly nut or thumb nut. -- Coloq. Finger plate , a strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks. -- Coloq. Finger post , a guide post bearing an index finger. -- Coloq. Finger reading , reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind. -- Coloq. Finger shell (Zoöl.), a marine shell (Pholas dactylus) resembling a finger in form. -- Coloq. Finger sponge (Zoöl.), a sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches. -- Coloq. Finger stall , a cover or shield for a finger. -- Coloq. Finger steel , a steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife.
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Coloq. To burn one's fingers . See under . -- Coloq. To have a finger in , to be concerned in. [Colloq.] -- Coloq. To have at one's fingers' ends , to be thoroughly familiar with. [Colloq.]
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Finger (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fingered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Fingering.] 1. To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.
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Let the papers lie;
You would be fingering them to anger me. Shak.
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2. To touch lightly; to toy with.
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3. (Mus.) (a) To perform on an instrument of music. (b) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
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4. To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin. Shak.
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5. To execute, as any delicate work.
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Finger, v. i. (Mus.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. Busby.
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fingerboard n. 1. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger.
Syn. -- fingerpost.
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2. a bank of keys on a musical instrument.
Syn. -- piano keyboard, clavier.
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3. a narrow strip of wood on the neck of some stringed instruments (violin or cello or guitar etc) where the strings are held against the wood with the fingers.
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fingerbreadth n. the length or breadth of a finger used as a linear measure.
Syn. -- finger, finger's breadth, digit.
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finger cot n. a close-fitting sheath worn at the end of a finger, for protection of the finger or to avoid soiling the object touched.
Syn. -- fingerstall, cot{3}.
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Fingered (?), a. 1. Having fingers.
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2. (Bot.) Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.
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3. (Mus.) Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.
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Fingerer (?), n. One who fingers; a pilferer.
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Fingering, n. 1. The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.
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The mere sight and fingering of money. Grew.
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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.
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3. The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers.
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4. Delicate work made with the fingers. Spenser.
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Fingerling (?), n. [Finger + -ling.] (Zoöl.) A young salmon. See .
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fingerpaint, finger paint n. A type of paint having the consistency of a thin paste or jelly, which is applied to a surface by dipping fingers into the paint and smearing the paint on the surface, usually in artistic patterns. It is used primarily by children.
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finger-paint, fingerpaint v. i. & t. To paint{1} with fingerpaint.
Syn. -- use fingerpaint.
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finger painting n. Creating pictures using finger paint.
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fingerpost n. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger.
Syn. -- fingerboard.
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Fingerprint (?), n. [Finger + print.] 1. an impression of the pattern of ridges on the skin of the last joint of a person's finger, left on a surface after a person has touched the surface. Fingerprints left by persons who have committed crimes are considered as reliable physical evidence linking an individual with a crime, because each person's fingerprints are distinctively different from those of others, allowing identification of a person with high confidence.
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2. a fingerprint{1} made intentionally in ink on a paper form for the purpose of identification of the individual.
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3. any distinctive pattern of characteristics or properties of an object which can serve to identify that object; as, the distinctive fingerprint of eugenol in the mass spectrum allowed easy recognition of its presence in the sample.
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4. a smudge made by a (dirty) finger. [wns=3]
Syn. -- fingermark.
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fingerprint v. t. to take an impression of the fingerprints of (a person); as, to fingerprint applicants for a gun permit.
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fingerprinting n. The procedure of taking inked impressions of a person's fingerprints.
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finger-roll n. (Basketball) A shot that rolls off the tips of the fingers into the basket.
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fingerroot n. tall leafy European biennial or perennial (Digitalis purpurea) having spectacular clusters of large tubular pink-purple flowers; -- its leaves yield the drug digitalis and are poisonous to livestock.
Syn. -- common foxglove, fairy bell, fingerflower, Digitalis purpurea.
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fingerstall n. a sheath worn to protect a finger.
Syn. -- cot.
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fingertip n. the end (tip) of a finger.
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Fingle-fangle (?), n. [From fangle.] A trifle. [Low] Hudibras.
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Fingrigo (?), n.; pl. Fingrigos (#). [So called in Jamaica.] (Bot.) A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry.
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Finial (?), n. [L. finire to finish, end. See .] (Arch.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.
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Finical (?), a. [From , a.] Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious. “Finical taste.” Wordsworth.
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The gross style consists in giving no detail, the finical in giving nothing else. Hazlitt.

Syn. -- , , . These words are applied to persons who are studiously desirous to cultivate finery of appearance. One who is spruce is elaborately nice in dress; one who is finical shows his affectation in language and manner as well as in dress; one who is foppish distinguishes himself by going to the extreme of the fashion in the cut of his clothes, by the tawdriness of his ornaments, and by the ostentation of his manner. “A finical gentleman clips his words and screws his body into as small a compass as possible, to give himself the air of a delicate person; a spruce gentleman strives not to have a fold wrong in his frill or cravat, nor a hair of his head to lie amiss; a foppish gentleman seeks . . . to render himself distinguished for finery.” Crabb.

-- Finically, adv. -- Finicalness, n.
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Finicality (?), n. The quality of being finical; finicalness.

{ Finicking (?), Finicky, a. } Finical; unduly particular; excessively demanding over minor details. [Colloq.]
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Finific (? or ?), n. [L. finis end + facere to make.] A limiting element or quality. [R.]
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The essential finific in the form of the finite. Coleridge.
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Finify (? or ?), v. t. [Fine, a. + -fy.] To make fine; to dress finically. [Obs.]
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Hath so pared and finified them [his feet.] B. Jonson.
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Finikin (?), a. [Fine, a. + -kin.] Precise in trifles; idly busy. [Colloq.] Smart.
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Fining (?), n. 1. The act of imposing a fin�.
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2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.
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3. That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer.
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Coloq. Fining pot , a vessel in which metals are refined. Prov. xvii. 3.
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Finis (?), n. [L.] An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.
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Finish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Finished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Finishing.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss- in several forms, whence E. -ish: see -ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin findere to cleave, E. fissure.] 1. To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
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And heroically hath finished
A life heroic. Milton.
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2. To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.

Syn. -- To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete; accomplish; perfect.
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Finish, v. i. 1. To come to an end; to terminate.
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His days may finish ere that hapless time. Shak.
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2. To end; to die. [R.] Shak.
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Finish, n. 1. That which finishes, puts an end to� or perfects.
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2. (Arch.) The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.
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3. (Fine Arts) (a) The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like. (b) See Finishing coat, under .
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4. The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.
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5. Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning.
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Finished (?), a. Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education.
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Coloq. Finished work (Mach.), work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed.
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Finisher (?), n. 1. One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection.
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O prophet of glad tidings, finisher
Of utmost hope! Milton.
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2. Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything. [Colloq.]
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Finishing, n. The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.
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Finishing, a. Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.
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Coloq. Finishing coat . (a) (Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth. (b) (Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others. -- Coloq. Finishing press , a machine for pressing fabrics. -- Coloq. Finishing rolls (Iron Working), the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape. Raymond.
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Finite (?), a. [L. finitus, p. p. of finire. See , and cf. , a.] Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration.
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Finiteless, a. Infinite. [Obs.] Sir T. browne.
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Finitely, adv. In a finite manner or degree.
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Finiteness, n. The state of being finite.
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Finitude (?), n. [L. finire. See .] Limitation. Cheyne.
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Finjan (?), n. [Also fingan, findjan, fingian, etc.] [Ar. finjān.] In the Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, such as is held in a cup or stand called a .
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Fin keel. (Naut.) A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, though often with a cigar-shaped bulb of lead at the bottom, and generally made of metal. Its use is to ballast the boat and also to enable her to sail close to the wind and to make the least possible leeway by offering great resistance to lateral motion through the water.
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Finlander (?), n. A native or inhabitant of Finland.
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Finless, a. (Zoöl.) destitute of fins.
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Finlet (?), n. [Fin + -let.] A little fin; one of the parts of a divided fin.
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Finlike (?), a. Resembling a fin.
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Finn (?), a. A native of Finland; one of the Finn� in the ethnological sense. See .
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Finnan haddie (?). [See .] Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. fĭnan), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock. [Written also finnan haddock.]
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Finned (?), a. Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. Mortimer.
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Finner (?), n. (Zoöl.) A finback whale.
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Finnic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Finns.
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Finnikin (?), n. (Zoöl.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [Written also finikin.]
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Finnish (?), a. Of or pertaining to Finland, to the Finns, or to their language. -- n. A Northern Turanian group of languages; the language of the Finns.
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Finns (?), n. pl.; sing. Finn. (Ethnol.) (a) Natives of Finland; Finlanders. (b) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [Written also Fins.]
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Finny (?), a. 1. (Zoöl.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes.
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2. Abounding in fishes.
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With patient angle trolls the finny deep. Goldsmoth.
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Finochio (?; 277), n. [It. finocchio fennel, LL. fenuclum. See .] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Fœniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.
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