Webster's Dictionary 1913

1513

Finger (3)

Fin″ger, v. i.(Mus.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. Busby.

1514

Fingered

Fin″gered (?), a. 1. Having fingers.2. (Bot.) Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.3. (Mus.) Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.

1515

Fingerer

Fin″ger‐er (?), n. One who fingers; a pilferer.

1516

Fingering

Fin″ger‐ing, n. 1. The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.The mere sight and fingering of money. Grew.2. The manner of using the fingers in playing or strik...

1517

Fingerling

Fin″ger‐ling (?), n. [Finger + -ling.] (Zoöl.) A young salmon. See Parr.

1518

Fingle-fangle

Fin″gle–fan′gle (?), n. [From fangle.] A trifle. Hudibras.

1519

Fingrigo

‖Fin″gri‐go (?), n.; pl.Fingrigos (#). (Bot.) A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry.

1520

Finial

Fin″i‐al (?), n. [L. finire to finish, end. See Finish.] (Arch.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic archi...

1521

Finical

Fin″i‐cal (?), a. [From Fine, a.] Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious. “Finical taste.” Wordsworth.The gross style consists in giving no detail, the finical...

1522

Finicality

Fin′i‐cal″i‐ty (?), n. The quality of being finical; finicalness.

1523

Finicking

{ Fin″ick‐ing (?), Fin″ick‐y, a. } Finical; unduly particular.

1524

Finific

Fi‐nif″ic (? or?), n. [L. finis end + facere to make.] A limiting element or quality.The essential finific in the form of the finite. Coleridge.

1525

Finify

Fin″i‐fy (? or?), v. t. [Fine, a. + -fy.] To make fine; to dress finically.Hath so pared and finified them B. Jonson.

1526

Finikin

Fin″i‐kin (?), a. [Fine, a. + -kin.] Precise in trifles; idly busy. Smart.

1527

Fining

Fin″ing (?), n. 1. The act of imposing a fin�.2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a he...

1528

Finis

‖Fi″nis (?), n. An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.

1529

Finish

Fin″ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Finished (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Finishing.] [F. finir (with a stem finiss- in several forms, whence E. -ish: see -ish.),fr. L. finire to limit, fini...

1530

Finish (2)

Fin″ish, v. i. 1. To come to an end; to terminate.His days may finish ere that hapless time. Shak.2. To end; to die. Shak.

1531

Finish (3)

Fin″ish, n. 1. That which finishes, puts an end to� or perfects.2. (Arch.) The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the inte...

1532

Finished

Fin″ished (?), a. Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education.Finished work(Mach.), work that is made smooth or po...

1533

Finisher

Fin″ish‐er (?), n. 1. One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touc...

1534

Finishing

Fin″ish‐ing, n. The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.

1535

Finishing (2)

Fin″ish‐ing, a. Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.Finishing coat. (a) (Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usual...

1536

Finite

Fi″nite (?), a. [L. finitus, p. p. of finire. See Finish, and cf. Fine, a.] Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; — opposed to infinite; as, finite ...

1537

Finiteless

Fi″nite‐less, a. Infinite. Sir T. browne.

1538

Finitely

Fi″nite‐ly, adv. In a finite manner or degree.

1539

Finiteness

Fi″nite‐ness, n. The state of being finite.