Fin (n.) The thin sheet of metal squeezed out between the collars of the rolls in the process of rolling.
Fin (n.) A feather; a spline.
Fin (n.) A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats.
Finable (a.) Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense.
Final (a.) Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term.
Final (a.) Conclusive; decisive; as, a final judgment; the battle of Waterloo brought the contest to a final issue.
Final (a.) Respecting an end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view.
Finale (n.) Close; termination
Finale (n.) The last movement of a symphony, sonata, concerto, or any instrumental composition.
Finale (n.) The last composition performed in any act of an opera.
Finale (n.) The closing part, piece, or scene in any public performance or exhibition.
Finalities (pl. ) of Finality
Finality (n.) The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement.
Finality (n.) The relation of end or purpose to its means.
Finally (adv.) At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
Finally (adv.) Completely; beyond recovery.
Finance (n.) The income of a ruler or of a state; revennue; public money; sometimes, the income of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources.
Finance (n.) The science of raising and expending the public revenue.
Financial (a.) Pertaining to finance.
Financialist (n.) A financier.
Financially (adv.) In a dfinancial manner.
Financier (n.) One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer.
Financier (n.) One skilled in financial operations; one acquainted with money matters.
Financiered (imp. & p. p.) of Financier
Financiering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Financier
Financier (v. i.) To conduct financial operations.
Finary (n.) See Finery.
Finative (a.) Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final.
Finback (n.) Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balaenoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balaenopteridae, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus.
Fishes (pl. ) of Finch
Finch (n.) A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidae.
Finchbacked (a.) Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle.
Finched (a.) Same as Finchbacked.
Found (imp. & p. p.) of Find
Finding (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Find
Find (v. t.) To meet with, or light upon, accidentally; to gain the first sight or knowledge of, as of something new, or unknown; hence, to fall in with, as a person.
Find (v. t.) To learn by experience or trial; to perceive; to experience; to discover by the intellect or the feelings; to detect; to feel.
Find (v. t.) To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
Find (v. t.) To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.
Find (v. t.) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance.
Find (v. t.) To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.
Find (v. t.) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
Find (v. t.) To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
Find (v. t.) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.
Find (v. i.) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
Find (n.) Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by archaeologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.
Findable (a.) Capable of beong found; discoverable.
Finder (n.) One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily.
Findfault (n.) A censurer or caviler.
Findfaulting (a.) Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.
Finding (n.) That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp. (pl.), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc.
Finding (n.) Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.
Finding (n.) The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury.
Findy (a.) Full; heavy; firm; solid; substemtial.
Fine (superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
Fine (superl.) Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
Fine (superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
Fine (superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy
Fine (superl.) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
Fine (superl.) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
Fine (superl.) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
Fine (superl.) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
Fine (superl.) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
Fine (superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
Fine (superl.) (Used ironically.)
Fined (imp. & p. p.) of Fine
Fining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fine
Fine (a.) To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
Fine (a.) To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
Fine (a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
Fine (n.) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
Fine (n.) 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.
Fine (n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
Fine (n.) 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.
Fine (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.
Fine (v. i.) To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
Fine (v. t.) To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
Finedrawn (imp. & p. p.) of Finedraw
Finedrawing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Finedraw
Finedraw (v. t.) To sew up, so nicely that the seam is not perceived; to renter.
Finedrawer (n.) One who finedraws.
Finedrawn (a.) Drawn out with too much subtilty; overnice; as, finedrawn speculations.
Fineer (v. i.) To run in dept by getting goods made up in a way unsuitable for the use of others, and then threatening not to take them except on credit.
Fineer (v. t.) To veneer.
Fineless (a.) Endless; boundless.
Finely (adv.) In a fine or finished manner.
Fineness (a.) The quality or condition of being fine.
Fineness (a.) Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor.
Fineness (a.) The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins.
Fineness (a.) Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle's point, or of the edge of a blade.
Finer (n.) One who fines or purifies.
Finery (n.) Fineness; beauty.
Finery (n.) Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
Finery (n.) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
Finespun (a.) Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread; attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
Finesse (a.) Subtilty of contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
Finesse (a.) The act of finessing. See Finesse, v. i., 2.
Finessed (imp. & p. p.) of Finesse
Finessing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Finesse
Finesse (v. i.) To use artifice or stratagem.