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Webster 1913 Edition
Fine
1.
To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify;
as, to
. fine
goldIt 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
With gradual conscience to a perfect night.
On evenings, watching how they
fined
themselvesWith gradual conscience to a perfect night.
Browning.
Fine
(fīn)
, Noun.
1.
End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
[Obs.]
“To see their fatal fine.” Spenser.
Is this the
fine
of his fines? Shakespeare
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.
(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
, Noun.
In fine
, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up.
Fine
,Verb.
T.
[From ]
Fine
, Noun.
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 dollarsFine
,Verb.
I.
[R.]
Men
fined
for the king's good will; or that he would remit his anger; women fined
for leave to marry. Hallam.
Fine
,Verb.
T.
& I.
To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Fine
FINE
,Adj.
1.
Small; thin; slender; minute; of very small diameter; as a fine thread; fine silk; a fine hair. We say also, fine sand, fine particles.2.
Subtil; thin; tenuous; as, fine spirits evaporate; a finer medium opposed to a grosser.3.
Thin; keep; smoothly sharp; as the fine edge of a razor.4.
Made of fine threads; not coarse; as fine linen or cambric.5.
Clear; pure; free from feculence or foreign matter; as fine gold or silver; wine is not good till fine.6.
Refined.Those things were too fine to be fortunate, and succeed in all parts.
7.
Nice; delicate; perceiving or discerning minute beauties or deformities; as a fine taste; a fine sense.8.
Subtil; artful; dextrous. [See Finess.]9.
Subtil; sly; fraudulent.10.
Elegant; beautiful in thought.To call the trumpet by the name of the metal was fine.
11.
Very handsome; beautiful with dignity.The lady has a fine person, or a fine face.
12.
Accomplished; elegant in manners. He was one of the finest gentlemen of his age.13.
Accomplished in learning; excellent; as a fine scholar.14.
Excellent; superior; brilliant or acute; as a man of fine genius.15.
Amiable; noble; ingenuous; excellent; as a man of a fine mind.16.
Showy; splendid; elegant; as a range of fine buildings; a fine house or garden; a fine view.17.
Ironically, worthy of contemptuous notice; eminent for bad qualities.That same knave, Ford, her husband, has the finest mad devil of jealousy in him, Master Brook, that ever governed frenzy.
Fine Arts or polite arts, are the arts which depend chiefly on the labors of the mind or imagination, and whose object is pleasure; as poetry, music, painting and sculpture.
The uses of this word are so numerous and indefinite, as to preclude a particular definition of each. In general, fine, in popular language, expresses whatever is excellent, showy or magnificent.
FINE
,Noun.
1.
In a feudal sense, a final agreement between persons concerning lands or rents, or between the lord and his vassal, prescribing the conditions on which the latter should hold his lands.2.
A sum of money paid to the lord by his tenant, for permission to alienate or transfer his lands to another. This in England was exacted only from the king's tenants in capite.3.
A sum of money paid to the king or state by way of penalty for an offense; a mulet; a pecuniary punishment. Fines are usually prescribed by statute, for the several violations of law; or the limit is prescribed, beyond which the judge cannot impose a fine for a particular offense.In fine. [L. in and finis.] In the end or conclusion; to conclude; to sum up all.
FINE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To clarify; to refine; to purify; to defecate; to free from feculence or foreign matter; as, to fine wine.[This is the most general use of this word.]
2.
To purify, as a metal; as, to fine gold or silver. In this sense, we now generally use refine; but fine is proper. Job 28. Prov. 17.
3.
To make less coarse; as, to fine grass. [Not used.]4.
To decorate; to adorn. [Not in use.]FINE
,Verb.
T.
1.
To impose on one a pecuniary penalty, payable to the government, for a crime or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine. The trespassers were fined ten dollars and imprisoned a month.2.
v.i. To pay a fine. [Not used.]