FINES
Noun
fines
plural of fine
Fine particles, whether or not airborne.
Small particles of cereal at the bottom of a cereal box.
Verb
fines
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fine
Anagrams
• Feins, fenis, neifs, niefs
Proper noun
Fines
plural of Fine
Anagrams
• Feins, fenis, neifs, niefs
Source: Wiktionary
FINE
Fine, a. [Compar. Finer; superl. Finest.] Etym: [F. fin, LL. finus
fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus, p.p., finished,
completed (hence the sense accomplished, perfect.) See Finish, and
cf. Finite.]
1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from
impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration;
accomplished; beautiful.
The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. Prov. iii. 14.
A cup of wine that's brisk and fine. Shak.
Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest
scholars. Felton.
To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats]. Leigh Hunt.
2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or
overdecorated; showy.
He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing. M. Arnold.
3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.
The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! Pope.
The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine
raillery. Dryden.
He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. T. Gray.
4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as:
(a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser.
Bacon.
(b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or
flour.
(c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
(d) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
(e) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as,
coins nine tenths fine.
6. (Used ironically.)
Ye have made a fine hand, fellows. Shak.
Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and adjectives,
modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn, fine-featured, fine-
grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun, etc. Fine arch (Glass Making), the
smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse. Knight.
– Fine arts. See the Note under Art.
– Fine cut, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into
shreds.
– Fine goods, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality. McElrath.
– Fine stuff, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as
material for the finishing coat in plastering.
– To sail fine (Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible.
Syn.
– Fine, Beautiful. When used as a word of praise, fine (being
opposed to coarse) denotes no "ordinary thing of its kind." It is not
as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single attribute implied
in the latter term; but when we speak of a fine woman, we include a
greater variety of particulars, viz., all the qualities which become
a woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. The term is equally
comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden, landscape, horse, poem,
etc.; and, though applied to a great variety of objects, the word has
still a very definite sense, denoting a high degree of characteristic
excellence.
Fine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fined; p. pr. & vb. n. Fining.] Etym: [From
Fine, a.]
1. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men. Hobbes.
2. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to
fine the soil. L. H. Bailey.
3. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's
lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
I often sate at home On evenings, watching how they fined themselves
With gradual conscience to a perfect night. Browning.
Fine, n. Etym: [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 Finish,
and cf. Finance.]
1. End; conclusion; termination; extinction. [Obs.] "To see their
fatal fine." Spenser.
Is this the fine of his fines Shak.
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.
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. 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.
– 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 Concord, n., 4.
– In fine, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up.
Fine, v. t. Etym: [From Fine, n.]
Definition: 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.
Definition: To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b). [R.]
Men fined for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger;
women fined for leave to marry. Hallam.
Fine, v. t. & i. Etym: [OF. finer, F. finir. See Finish, v. t.]
Definition: To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition