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Fi"nite (?), a. [L. finitus, p. p. of finire. See Finish, and cf. Fine, a.] Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration.

Fi"nite*less, a. Infinite. [Obs.] Sir T. browne.

Fi"nite*ly, adv. In a finite manner or degree.

Fi"nite*ness, n. The state of being finite.

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

Fin"land*er (?), n. A native or inhabitant of Finland.

Fin"less, a. (Zoˆl.) destitute of fins.

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

Fin"like` (?), a. Resembling a fin.

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

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

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

Fin"ner (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A finback whale.

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

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

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.

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, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [Written also Fins.]

Fin"ny (?), a. 1. (Zoˆl.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes.

2. Abounding in fishes.

With patient angle trolls the finny deep.

Goldsmoth.

||Fi*no"chi*o (?; 277), n. [It. finocchio fennel, LL. fenuclum. See ||Fennel.] (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Fúniculum dulce) having a ||somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in ||France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.

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

Fin"pike` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) The bichir. See Crossopterygii.

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

Fin"-toed` (?), a. (Zoˆl.) Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate.

||Fiord (fy&?;rd; i or y consonant, ß 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 Alaska. [Written also fjord.]