Webster's Dictionary 1828

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FINGERING

FIN'GERING, participle present tense Handling; touching lightly.FIN'GERING, noun1. The act of touching lightly or handling.2. The manner of touching an instrument of music.3. De...

947

FINGLE-FANGLE

FIN'GLE-FANGLE, noun A trifle. [Vulgar.]

948

FINGRIGO

FIN'GRIGO, noun A plant, of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry or plum.

949

FINICAL

FIN'ICAL, adjective [from fine.]1. Nice; spruce; foppish; pretending to a great nicety or superfluous elegance; as a finical fellow.2. Affectedly nice or showy; as a finical dress.

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FINICALLY

FIN'ICALLY, adverb With great nicety or spruceness; foppishly.

951

FINICALNESS

FIN'ICALNESS, noun Extreme nicety in dress or manners; foppishness.

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FINING

FI'NING, participle present tense [See Fine, the verb.]1. Clarifying; refining; purifying; defecating; separating from extraneous matter.2. [See Fine, the noun.] Imposing a fine...

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FINING-POT

FIN'ING-POT, noun A vessel in which metals are refined.

954

FINIS

FI'NIS, noun [Latin] An end; conclusion.

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FINISH

FIN'ISH, verb transitive [Latin finio, from finis, an end.]1. To arrive at the end of, in performance; to complete; as, to finish a house; to finish a journey.Thus the heavens a...

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FINISHED

FIN'ISHED, participle passive1. Completed; ended; done; perfected.2.adjective Complete; perfect; polished to the highest degree of excellence; as a finished poem; a finished edu...

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FINISHER

FIN'ISHER, noun1. One who finishes; one who completely performs.2. One who puts an end to.3. One who completes or perfects.Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. Hebrews 1...

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FINISHING

FIN'ISHING, participle present tense Completing; perfecting; bringing to an end.FIN'ISHING or FIN'ISH, noun Completion; completeness; perfection; last polish.

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FINITE

FI'NITE, adjective [Latin finitus, from finio, to finish, from finis, limit.]Having a limit; limited; bounded; opposed to infinite, as finite number, finite existence; applied t...

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FINITELY

FI'NITELY, adverb Within limits; to a certain degree only.

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FINITENESS

FI'NITENESS, noun Limitation; confinement within certain boundaries; as the finiteness of our natural powers.

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FINITUDE

FIN'ITUDE, noun Limitation. [Not used.]

963

FINLESS

FIN'LESS, adjective [from fin.] Destitute of fins; as finless fish.

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FINLIKE

FIN'LIKE, adjective Resembling a fin; as a finlike oar.

965

FINN

FINN, noun A native of Finland, in Europe.

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FINNED

FIN'NED, adjective Having broad edges on either side; applied to a plow.

967

FINNIKIN

FIN'NIKIN, noun A sort of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse.

968

FINNY

FIN'NY, adjective Furnished with fins; as finny fish; finny tribes; finny prey.FIN'-TOED, adjective [fin and toe.] Palmiped; palmated; having toes connected by a membrane, as aq...

969

FINOCHIO

FINO'CHIO, noun A variety of fennel.

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FINSCALE

FIN'SCALE, noun A river fish, called the rudd.

971

FIPPLE

FIP'PLE, noun [Latin fibula.] A stopper. [Not in use.]

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FIR

FIR, nounThe name of several species of the genus Pinus; as the Scotch fir the silver fir spruce fir hemlock fir and oriental fir