(superl.) Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free
from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration;
accomplished; beautiful.
(superl.) Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament;
overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
(superl.) Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful;
dexterous.
(superl.) Not coarse, gross, or heavy
(superl.) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
(superl.) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine
sand or flour.
(superl.) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
(superl.) Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
(superl.) Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen
or silk.
(superl.) Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its
composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
(superl.) (Used ironically.)
(a.) To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine
gold.
(a.) To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as.
to fine the soil.
(a.) To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a
ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
(n.) End; conclusion; termination; extinction.
(n.) A sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by way
of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a payment of money
imposed upon a party as a punishment for an offense; a mulct.
(n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons,
as the lord and his vassal.
(n.) A sum of money or price paid for obtaining a benefit, favor,
or privilege, as for admission to a copyhold, or for obtaining or
renewing a lease.
(n.) To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach
of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to
mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
(v. i.) To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
(v. t.) To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease.
