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Show FIN FI Fr'wicav. adj. [from fine.] Nice; foppith pretending to fuperfluous elegance A whorefon, glaffglazing, fuperferviceable, finica rogue Shakefp. King-Lear I cannot hear a finical fop romancing, how th king took him afids at fuch atime; what the quee L Efirange faid to him at another [from fiuical. adu ¥i'nicaviy Piihly Fi'nicaLness. #. /i [from fnical. fluous nicety; foppery T «. a FINISH [ fir Fop Super to com 1. To bring to the end purpofed plete For which of you, intending to build a tower fitteth not down firft and counteth the coft, whethe Luke, xiv. 23 he have fufficient to fizi/b it As ‘he had begun the fame grace fo he woul alfo fizi/b in yo 2, Cor. viil. 6 2.' To make perfe&. A poet ufes epifodes; but epifodes, taken fepaBroome on the Odyjfey rately, fzi/b nothing to polith to the excellenc 3. To perfett intended , Though here youall perfeGio fhould not find Yet isitall th' Eternal Will defign'd Xt is a finifb'd work, and perfect in his kind woul Blackmore make what bears your name as fizi/be as my laft work ought to be; that is, more fizi/be Pope than the reft 4. To end; to put an end to Yi'nisHER, 7. /. [from fiuifh. 1. Performer; accomplifher He that of greateft works is fini/ber Oft does them by the weakeft minifter 2. One that puts an end; ender Shakefp wgainft Athanafius, and Athanafius againftit: hal an hundred of years fpent in doubtful trials whic of the two, in the end, would prevail; the fid which had all, orelfe that part which had no frien but God and death, the one a defender of his inno cency, the other a jfnifber of all his troubles. Hooker 3. One that completes or perfects of our faith QO prophet of glad tidings! fini/be Of utmoft hope Hebrews Milton's Paradife Loft FUNITE. adj. [ fnitas, Latin. bounded; terminated Limited Servius conceives no more thereby than a finit number for indefinite Brown's Vulgar Errours Finite of any magnitude holds not any proportio o infinite Locke That fuppofed infinite duration will, by the ‘ver fuppofition, be limited attwo extremes, though never fo remote afunder, and confequently muft need be finite ¥iniTELESS bounds adj. [from fuite. Bentley Withou unlimited It is ridiculous unto reafon, and finitelefs as thei defires Brown's Viulgar Errours Fusiteny. edv. [from finite.] Withi certain limits; to a certain degree They are creatures ftill, and that fets them at a infinite diftance from God; whereas all their excellencies can make them but fritely diftant from us Stilling fleet ¥i'N1iTENESS. 2. f. [from fnite. Limita tion; confinement within certain boundaries I ought no t unbay the curren of my paffion and love without other boundary than what is fe Norris by the finitene/s of my natural ‘powers Fi's1tupE. # /[ [from fuite. Limitation; confinement within certain bounda ries 'This is hardly an authorifed word Finitude, applied to natural or created things imports the proportions of the feveral degrees of af fetions, or properties of thefe thing Fi'nvess. adj. [from fiz. Wanting fins He angers m With telling of the moldwarp and the ant And of a dragon and a finlefs fith. Shak. Henry IV Formed in Fi'nLike. adj. [fin and lite. imitation of fins to one apo Dryden Or finlike oars did {pread from either fide Fi'xnED. adj. [from fx.] Having broa edges {pread out on either fide They plough up the turf with a broad Jizzzed plough Mortimer Furnifhed with adj. [from fir. fins; formed for the element of water High o'er the main in wat'ry pomp he rides His azure car and fiuzzy courfers guides Dryden's Virgil Proteus his name New herds of beafts he fends the plains to fhare New colonies of birds to people air And to their oozy beds the fnzy fith repair, Dryden While black with ftorms the ruffled ocean rolls And from the fither's art defends her fizzy fholes Blackmore With hairy fpringes we the birds betray Slightlines of hair furprize the finzy prey Pope Fi'NToED. adj. [ fzand 2e.] Palmipedous having a membrane between the toes Such creatures as are whole footed, or fintoed, viz fome birds and quadrupeds, are naturally directed t go into the water and {wim there. Ray onthe Creation Fr'wocHio. 7 /. A fpecies of fennel plant z, fo [from fbula, Latin, Fi'prL= ftopper which go wit a gentle breath, the concave of the pipe, were it no for the fipp/le that ftraitneth the air, much more tha the fimple concave, would yield no found Eir, # [ fyrr, Welth Danifh. ~ Bacon punp, Saxon; fjr 'The tree of which deal-board are made Itis ever green: theleaves are fingle, and for th moft part produced on every fide of the branches the male flowers, or catkins, are placed at remot diftances fro are propagate He covere Jir The fpirin the fruit on the fame tree. The feed on cones, which are fquamofe. Miller the floor of the houfe with planks o 1 Kings fi» and ftately box Pope FIRE. #. /. pyp, Saxon; feqwr, German. 1. The igneous element Then air fucceeds, in lightnefs next to fre Dryden 2, Any thing burning A little fire 1s quickly trodden out Which, being fufftr'd, rivers cannot quench. Shake Where two raging fires meet together They do confume the thing that feeds their fury Shakefpeare So contraries on Altna's top confpire Here hoary frofts, and by them breaks out fire. Coavley 3. A conflagration of towns or countries There is another liberality to the citizens who ha fuffered damage by a great fire. Arbuthnat on Coins. Though fafe thou think'@t thy treafure lics Conceal'd in chiefts from human eyes Bury'd, my friend 4. Flame as far from thee Granville light; luftre Stars hide your fires Let not night fee my black and deep defires. Shake/p 5 Torture by burning Did Shadrach's zeal my glowing breaft infpire To weary tortures, and rejoice in fire Prior 6. 'The punifthment of the damned Wh among us fhal Jire? Wh burnings? amon dwell wit th What fire is in my ears? Can this be true Stand I condemn'd for pride and feorn fo much Shakefpeare 8. Ardour of temper; violence of paffion He had fire.in his temper and:a German blunt 9. Livelinef o imagination Atterbury. vigou o fancy; intelleGtual aétivity; force of ex preflion {pirit of fentiment Nor can the fnow that age does the Upon thy rev'rend head Quench or allay the noble fre within But all that youth can be thou art Cowley, They have no notion of life and fire in fancy an in words, and any thing that is juft in grammar an in meafure is good oratory and poetry to them. Feltom He brings, to make us from our ground retire The reafoner's weapons and the poet's five, Blackmore Exa& Racine, and Corneille's noble fire Taught us that France had fomething to admire. Pupe The bold Longinus all the nin¢ infpire And warm the critick with a poet's fire Pope, Oh may fome fpark of your celeftial fre The laft, the meaneft of your fons infpire Pspe 10. The paffion of love Love various hearts does varioufly infpire It ftirs in gentle bofoms gentle fire Like that of incenfe on the altar laid But raging flames tempeftuous fouls invade A fire which every windy paffion blows With pride it mounts, and with revenge it glows Dryden The fire of love in youthful blood Like what is kindled in brufh-wood But for a moment burns The god of love retites Shadwell Dim are his torches, and extinct his fires Pope New charms fhall ftill increafe defire And time's fwift wing fhall fan the fire. Moore's Fab 11. Eruptio or impofthumation Anthony's fire. 12. 90 fet FIRE on, or fet on F1rg kindle to inflame as, St T Hermofilla courageoufly fet upon the horfemen and /et fire alfo zpon the ftables where the Turk horfes fiood Knolles He that fet a fire on a plane-tree to fpite hi neighbour, and the plane-t /2 e fire on, his neighbour's houfe, is bound, to pay all the lofs, becauf it did all arife from his own.ill intention Taytor 13. 7o /et a FirE. To inflame So inflam'd by my defire It may fer her heart a-fire Carewr FirearRMs. 7. [, [ fire and arms.] Arm which owe their efficacy to fire; guns "The force of fire afcended firft on high And took its dwelling in the vaulted fky A fire may come, and it may b 7. Any thing provoking; any thing tha inflames the paffions T Ere fharp-keel'd boats to ftem the flood did learn Fi'nny R." nefs; and, upon provocations, might ftrain a phrafe And untaught Indian, on the fiream did glide You muft know, that in recorders This was the condition of thofe times; the worl The author and finifb thets infinitude, the unboundednefs of thefe degree . Cheyne of affections, or properties Ia thipping fuch as this, the Irifh ker French ; jfuio Latin. F devourin us fhall dwell with everlattin A/, xxxiil Ammunition to{upply their new firegrms. Clarend Before the ufe of firearms there was infinitel more fcope for perfonal valour than in the modern battles _ Pope Fi'rBALL #. /. [ fireand ball. Grenado ball filled with combuftibles, and burftin where it is thrown Judge of thofe infolent boafts of confcience, which like fo many freballs,or mouth grenadoes, are throw at our, church i The fame great man hath, {wor fwallow his coin in_fireballs South to. mak u Suifte Fi'resruUsH. 7. /. [ fire and bruf.] " 'Th brufh which hangs by the fire to fweep the hearth When yo are ordere to ftir up, the fire, clea away the athes from betwixt the bars with the fre brufh Fi'RepRAKE. 2 [ [fire and, drake. fiery ferpent: I fuppofe. the prefter Sawift By the hiffing of the (nake The ruftling of the fredrake I charge thee thou this place forfake Nor of queen Mab be prattling. Drayton's Nymphid. Fi'RenEw adj. [ fire and neaw. New fro the forge; new.from the melting-houfe Armad |