FINEER

Etymology 1

Verb

fineer (third-person singular simple present fineers, present participle fineering, simple past and past participle fineered)

Alternative form of veneer

Etymology 2

Verb

fineer (third-person singular simple present fineers, present participle fineering, simple past and past participle fineered)

(intransitive, archaic) To acquire goods fraudulently by having them specially made so as to be unsuitable for other customers, and then threatening not to take them except on credit.

Anagrams

• Feiner, enfire, ferine, refine

Source: Wiktionary


Fi*neer", v. i.

Definition: 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. [R.] Goldsmith.

Fi*neer", v. t.

Definition: To veneer.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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