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Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free
from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration;
accomplished; beautiful. |
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Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament;
overdressed or overdecorated; showy. |
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Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful;
dexterous. |
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Not coarse, gross, or heavy |
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Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous. |
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Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine
sand or flour. |
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Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread. |
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Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge. |
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Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen
or silk. |
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Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its
composition; as, coins nine tenths fine. |
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(Used ironically.) |
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To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine
gold. |
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To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as.
to fine the soil. |
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To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a
ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually. |
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End; conclusion; termination; extinction. |
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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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A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons,
as the lord and his vassal. |
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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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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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To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b). |
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To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. |
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