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Show VL PE S SIS CR LR CLNRL R LI VLRIV LRI NI EL I P LR LT i""" FI Pope The fatirical part of mankind will needs believe that it is not impoffible to be very fine and ver . Swift filthy 14. [Ironically.] Something that will ferv fomething worth conthe purpofe temptuous notice That fame knave hath th Ford, her hufband fineft mad devil of jealoufy in him, mafter Btook Shakefpeare that ever governed frenzy They taught us, indeed, to cloath, to dwell i houfes To feaft, to fleep on down A fine excharge for liberty to be profufe Philips's Briton killing of an Irifthman wa by our la capital as manflaughter but by a fiz not punifhe or pecuniray punithment Davies on Ireland 2. Penalty Ev'n this ill night your breathing thall expire Paying the fize of rated treachery. Shate. King Fobn money paid for any exemptio or liberty The fpitit of wantonnefs is fure fcared out o him: if the devil have him not in fee-fimple, wit Jine and recovery, he will never, in the way of wafte attempt us again Shakefpeare Befides fizes fet upon plays, games, balls an feafting, they have many cuftoms which contribut to their fimplicity Addifon How vain that fecond life in othet breath T'h' eftate which wits inherit after death Eafe, health, and life for this they muft refign Unfure the tenure, but ho vaft the fre Pope 4. [From finis, Latin; fin, enfin, French. The end; conclufion. It is feldom ufe but adverbially, iz fine. 'To conclude; t fum up all; to tell all at once In fine whatfoever he was he wa nothing bu what it pleafed Zelmane, the powers of his fpiri depending of her Sidney ‘Hi refolution, i fine, is, that in the church number of things are fri¢tly obferved, whereof n law of feripture maketh mentien one way or other . Hooker Still the ffne's the crown ‘Whate'er the courfe, the end is the renown Shabe Your daughter, ere fhe feems as won Defire £ fine Herfel Th are th this ring;; appoints him an encounter delivers me to fill the time moft chaftely abfent " Shakefpeare bleflings of fortune are the loweft: the nex bodily advantages of firength and health but the fuperlative bleffings the mind 7z fne, are thofe o L' Eftrange I fine, he wears no limbs about him found With fores and ficknefies beleaguer'd round. Diyden In fine, let there be a perfe@ relation betwix the parts and the whole, that they may be entirel of a piece Dryden ToFinz. v. 4. [from fine, the adjeive. 1. To refine; to purify The fining potis for filver, and the furnace fo gold. Prov There is a vein for the filver, and a place fo gold, where they fine it Foby xxviil. 1 2. To embellith in ufe Hug Capet to decorate No To fine his title with fome- thews of truth Convey'd himfelf as heir to th' lady Lingare e no Shak DMortin 4. 'To make tranfparent It is geed alfo for fuel, not to omit the fhaving of it for the fining of wine Mortimer's Hufbandry 5. [From the fubftantive. pecuniary- penalty To punifh wit To fine men one' third of their fortune, withou any crime conmitted, feems very hard $i maintai artful; exquifite indulge this paffion o Spenfer rife of itfelf in others The walls are painted Locke occafions Take away the drofs from the filver, and ther fhall conre forth a veffel for the finer. Prov. xxv. 4 FI'NGER. 7 /. [yingen Jangen, to hold. it wil 3. Not coarfely H The fingers and thum that h ha Peacham Upon her fkinny lips for it {houl Boyle in fuch manner as to deferve contemptuous notice Let laws be mad -to obey and not to be obeyed and you will find that kingdom finely governed i a fhort time South Yor him fhe loves She nam'd not me; that may be Torrifmond Whom fhe has thrice in private feen this day Then I am fnely caught in my own fnare. Dryder Poor Peg fewed Shakefpeare's Macbeth {pun and knit for a livelihood "till her finger endswere {ore. Arbuthnot's jfohn Bull Fr/'NENEss. 7. /. [from fire. 1. Elegance; beauty; delicacy Every thing wa confift o To whine, put finger i' th' eye, and fob Becaufe h* had ne'er another tub Hudibras The hand is divided into four fngers bendin forward, and one oppofite to them bending backs wards, and of grester flrength than any of the fingly, which we call the thumb, to join wit them feverally or united; whereby it is" fitted t lay hold of objeéts of any fize or quantity Ray A hand of 'a vaft extenfion, and a prodigiou numbet of fizgers playing upon all the organ pipe of the world, and making every one found a par ticular note Keil againft Burnet 4« In fmall parts; fubtilly; not grofsly Weretchedly in each han b Diogenes, who 1s never faid For aught that ever I could read honour, on either hand one, fizely attired in white Bacon's New Atlantis §+ [Ironically. han By each at once her choppy finger layin two perfons o Saltpetre was but grofsly beaten not be jfinely powdered fro fifteen bones, there being three to each fizger. Quinc You feem to underftand me not meanly ; gaily was alone, fav Saxon 1. The flexible member of th which men catch and hold a thin edge o Get you black lead, tharpened finely One who purifie metals Addifon and reprefent the labour fharply; wit fuch figure an Laws Fr'xer. 7. f. [from fize. of Hercules : many of them look very finely, thoug a great part of the work has been cracked. Addifon z. Keenly oint in fom A cifcumftance not much to be frood upon, i t cafe it were not upon fome fingffe Hayward on the ground fom toge FINE'SSE. ». /. [French. Artifice; ftratagem: an unneceffary werd which i creeping into the language Plutarch fays very finely, that a man fhould no allow himfelf to hate even his enemies; becaufe i yo their familie no occafion for whofe bufinefs is to fow up rents FineeUNcerED. adj. [fine and finger. [from fine. and fner degree of finery, as a reafonable Chriftian life ha Finepra'wer. z. /, [from finedraw ] On Fr'nevy. adv cleanlinef the profpets, or the moft various fcenes of fenfibl things Watti They want to grow rich in' their trades, and t 1t 15 not perceived _ Arachne by his means was vanquifhed cultivatin ther Swift Don't chufe your place of ftudy by the finery o To Finepra'w. v. a. [ fine and draw.] T fow up arent with {o much nicety tha 2 full of a choice finenefs, that A {mall meafure of extenfion; the breadt of a finger Go now, go truft the wind's uncertain breath Remov'd four fingers from approaching death Or feven at moft, when thickeft is the board. Dryd One of thefe bows with alittle arrow did pierc throegh a piece of fteel three fingers thick. Wilkin ifit wanted any thing in majefty, it fupplied wit increafe in pleafure; and if at the firft it firuck no admiration, it ravithed with delight Sidney As the French language has more finenefs an fmoothnefs at this time, fo it had more compafs {pirit, and force in Montaigne's days Deanple 3. The hand; the inftrument of work; manufaure; art The foftnefs of her fex, and the finenefs of he Fool, that forgets her ftubborn look genius, confpire to give her a very diftinguithin character Prior This foftnefs from thy fizger ‘took 7o Fi'NGER. w. a. [from the noun. it 1. To touch lightly; to toy with Waller 2. Show; fplendour; gaiety of appearance The finene/ of cloaths deftroy th eafe often helpsmen to pain, but can never rid them o Go any : the body may languifh under the moft {plendi cover Thofe with the finene/ By reafon guide his execution get you gone an let the papers lie You would be fizgering them to anger me. Shake/p One that is covetous is not fo highly pleafed wit the meer fight and fngering of money, as with th thoughts of his being confidered as a wealthy man Grew's Cofinol. Sac De.ray of Piety 3. Subtility; artfulnefs; ingenuity of their fouls Shakefpeare 2 'T touc unfeafonabl o thievifhly 4. Purity; freedom from drofs or bafe mix- His ambition would needs be fngering the fceptre tures and hoifting him into his father's thyone Sowzh Qur works are, indeed nough elf 1. To touch an inftrument of mufick But the protrattive tryals of great Jove "To find perfiftive conftancy in men "The finenefs of which metal is not foun Shake[p. Troilus and Creffida In fortune's love I am doubtful whether me metals a have fufficiently re whether iron refined to the height 1t fines the grafs, but makes it fhort, though thick fhott i Oldhan fine alfo, who ufurp'd the crown g» To make lefs coarfe 'To pay a fine What poet ever fin'd for theriff? ot wh By rhymes and verfe did ever lord mayor grow Nice FI I. Beautifully; elegantly; more than juftly which is felony an called an ericke 3. Yorfeit The moft ffuefinger'd workma Fine. #. /. [z, Cimbr. 1. A mul&t; a pecuniary punifhment Th 7o Fixe. v. # e SR I FI Bhofe are difpleafed at it who are not abl2 to follow Re S DI A RS S R brafs an ti be but when they come to fuc a finenefs as ferveth the ordinary ufe, they try n farther Bacon's Natural Hiffory Th ancients were carefu to coin their money i - due weight and jfizene/s; only in time of exigenc they hayve diminifhed both the weight and fizenefs Arbuthnat on Coins Show; {plenFi'NerY. » /. [from fine. dour -of appearance; gaiety of colours Drefs up your houfes and your images And put on all the city's fizery To confecrate this day a feftival Ske hath broke the lute I did but tell her fhe mittook her frets And bow'd her hand to teach her fngering, Shakef 4. To perfor the fingers any wor Not any {kill'd in loops of fizgerizg fine With this fo curious net-werk might compate Spenfer Fine ER-FERN. 7. /. [ frnger and forn; afpl num, Latin,] A plant FINGER-STONE. 7. /. [ fiager and flone; tele niter, Latin.] A foffi] refembling an arrowe FrxcLerancre u /o [from fangle trifle: a burlefqu Southern The capagitics of a lady are formstimes ept o fal exquifitely wit word 14 We agree in nothing but to wrangle Abou tilc fllghtefi fiilg.'f ,:mgfg s B Hudibras Fi'nicar |