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