(Glass Making), the smaller fritting furnace of a glasshouse. Knight.
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fine art
noun the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
art; fine art.
an art exhibition
a fine collection of art
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Fine arts
noun the study and creation of visual works of art
beaux arts.
noun the products of human creativity; works of art collectively
art; fine art.
an art exhibition
a fine collection of art
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. See the Note under Art.
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Fine cut
fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut up into shreds.
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Fine for alienation
(Feudal Law), a sum of money paid to the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over his land to another. Burrill.
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Fine goods
woven fabrics of fine texture and quality. McElrath.
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Fine of lands
a species of conveyance in the form of a fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was the right of the other party. Burrill. See Concord, n., 4.
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fine print
noun the part of a contract that contains reservations and qualifications that are often printed in small type
small print.
don't sign a contract without reading the fine print
noun material printed in small type
small print.
he needed his glasses in order to read the fine print
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fine spray
noun precipitation in very small drops
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fine structure
noun the presence of groups of closely spaced spectrum lines observed in the atomic spectrum of certain elements
the fine structure results from slightly different energy levels
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Fine stuff
lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used as material for the finishing coat in plastering.
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fine-grained
adjective satellite consisting of fine particles
powdery; pulverised; small-grained; pulverized; powdered.
powdered cellulose
powdery snow
pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding
adjective satellite dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells
close-grained.
close-grained birch
fine-grained rock
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fine-leafed
adjective satellite having fine leaves
fine-leafed.
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fine-leaved
adjective satellite having fine leaves
fine-leafed.
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fine-leaved heath
noun common low European shrub with purple-red flowers
heather bell; bell heather; Erica cinerea.
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fine-looking
adjective satellite pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion
well-favoured; better-looking; well-favored; good-looking; handsome.
a fine-looking woman
a good-looking man
better-looking than her sister
very pretty but not so extraordinarily handsome"- Thackeray
our southern women are well-favored"- Lillian Hellman
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fine-textured
adjective satellite having a smooth, fine-grained structure
smooth-textured.
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fine-tooth
adjective satellite having fine teeth set close together
fine-tooth.
a fine-toothed comb
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fine-tooth comb
noun a comb with teeth set close together
fine-tooth comb.
noun a method of examining in minute detail
fine-tooth comb.
he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes
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fine-toothed
adjective satellite having fine teeth set close together
fine-tooth.
a fine-toothed comb
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fine-toothed comb
noun a comb with teeth set close together
fine-tooth comb.
noun a method of examining in minute detail
fine-tooth comb.
he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes
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fine-tune
verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing
down; polish; refine.
refine one's style of writing
verb adjust finely
tweak.
fine-tune the engine
verb make fine adjustments or divide into marked intervals for optimal measuring
calibrate; graduate.
calibrate an instrument
graduate a cylinder
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Foot of the fine
(Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See Fine of land, under Fine, n.; also Chirograph. (b).
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Freedom fine
a sum paid on entry to incorporations of trades.
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In fine
in conclusion; by way of termination or summing up.
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In fine fettle
in good spirits.
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library fine
noun fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned
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master of fine arts
noun a master's degree in fine arts
MFA.
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post-fine
Post"-fine` noun
Etymology
Pref. post- + fine.
Definitions
(O. Eng. Law)A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; -- called also the king's silver.
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Primer fine
(O. Eng. Law), a fine due to the king on the writ or commencement of a suit by fine. Blackstone.
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To levy a fine
to commence and carry on a suit for assuring the title to lands or tenements. Blackstone.
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To sail fine
(Naut.), to sail as close to the wind as possible.
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vase-fine
noun scandent subshrub of southeastern United States having large red-purple bell-shaped flowers with leathery recurved sepals
leather flower; Clematis viorna; vase vine.
