Webster's Dictionary 1913

1540

Finitude

Fin″i‐tude (?), n. [L. finire. See Finish.] Limitation. Cheyne.

1541

Finjan

Fin‐jan″ (?), n. [Also fingan, findjan, fingian, etc.] [Ar. finjān.] In the Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, such as is held in a cup or stand called a zarf.

1542

Finlander

Fin″land‐er (?), n. A native or inhabitant of Finland.

1543

Finless

Fin″less, a.(Zoöl.) destitute of fins.

1544

Finlet

Fin″let (?), n. [Fin + -let.] A little fin; one of the parts of a divided fin.

1545

Finlike

Fin″like′ (?), a. Resembling a fin.

1546

Finn

Finn (?), a. A native of Finland; one of the Finn� in the ethnological sense. See Finns.

1547

Finnan haddie

Fin″nan had″die (?). [See Haddock.] Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. fĭn"an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock. [Writt...

1548

Finned

Finned (?), a. Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. Mortimer.

1549

Finner

Fin″ner (?), n.(Zoöl.) A finback whale.

1550

Finnic

Finn″ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Finns.

1551

Finnikin

Fin″ni‐kin (?), n.(Zoöl.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [Written also finikin.]

1552

Finnish

Finn″ish (?), a. Of or pertaining to Finland, to the Finns, or to their language. — n. A Northern Turanian group of languages; the language of the Finns.

1553

Finns

Finns (?), n. pl.; sing. Finn. (Ethnol.) (a) Natives of Finland; Finlanders. (b) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, B...

1554

Finny

Fin″ny (?), a. 1. (Zoöl.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes.2. Abounding in fishes.With patient angle trolls the finny deep. Goldsmoth.

1555

Finochio

‖Fi‐no″chi‐o (?; 277), n. [It. finocchio fennel, LL. fenuclum. See Fennel.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Fœniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The bl...

1556

Finos

‖Fi″nos (?), n. pl. [Sp., pl., fr. fino fine.] Second best wool from Merino sheep. Gardner.

1557

Finpike

Fin″pike′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) The bichir. See Crossopterygii.

1558

Finsen light

Fin″sen light (?). [After Prof. Niels R. Finsen (b. 1860), Danish physician.] (Med.) Highly actinic light, derived from sunlight or from some form of electric lamp, used in the ...

1559

Fint

Fint (?), 3d pers. sing. pr. of Find, for findeth. Chaucer.

1560

Fiord

‖Fiord (fy�rd; i or y consonant, § 272), n. [Dan. & Norw. fiord. See Frith.] A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and A...

1561

Fiorin

Fi″o‐rin (?), n. [Cf. Ir. fiothran a sort of grass.] (Bot.) A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); — called also fiorin grass.

1562

Fiorite

Fi″o‐rite (?), n.(Min.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; — so called fr...

1563

Fioriture

‖Fio′ri‐tu″re (?), n. pl. [It., pl. of fioritura a flowering.] (Mus.) Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.

1564

Fippenny bit

Fip″pen‐ny bit′ (? or?). [Corruption of five penny bit.] The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, — so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States.☞ Before the ac...

1565

Fipple

Fip″ple (fẽr), n. [perh. fr. L. fibula a clasp, a pin; cf. Prov. E. fible a stick used to stir pottage.] A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. Bacon.

1566

Fir

Fir (fẽr), n. [Dan. fyr, fyrr; akin to Sw. furu, Icel. fura, AS. furh in furhwudu fir wood, G. föhre, OHG. forha pine, vereheih a sort of oak, L. quercus oak.] (Bot.) A genus (A...