Part 4311

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Find</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Find</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Anything found; a discovery of anything valuable; especially, a deposit, discovered by arch\'91ologists, of objects of prehistoric or unknown origin.</def>

<h1>Findable</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Find"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Capable of beong found; discoverable.</def>

<i>Fuller.</i>

<h1>Finder</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Find"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, finds; specifically <fld>(Astron.)</fld>, a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily.</def>

<h1>Findfault</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Find"fault`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A censurer or caviler.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Findfaulting</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Find"fault`ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Whitlock.</i>

<h1>Finding</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Find"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp. (<pluf>pl.</pluf>), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc.</def>

<blockquote>When a man hath been laboring . . . in the deep mines of knowledge, hath furnished out his <b>findings</b> in all their equipage. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence; provision.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Law)</fld> <def>The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; <as>as, the <ex>finding</ex> of a jury</as>.</def>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<blockquote>After his friends <b>finding</b> and his rent. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Findy</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fin"dy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>finding</ets> heavy; cf. Dan. <ets>fyndig</ets> strong, energetical, <ets>fynd</ets> strength, energy, emphasis.]</ety> <def>Full; heavy; firm; solid; substemtial.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>A cold May and a windy Makes the barn fat amd <b>findy</b>. <i>Old Prover<?/.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Fine</h1> <Xpage=560>

<hw>Fine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Finer</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Finest</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>fin</ets>, LL. <ets>finus</ets> fine, pure, fr. L. <ets>finire</ets> to finish; cf. <ets>finitus</ets>, p.p., finished, completed (hence the sense <ets>accomplished</ets>, <ets>perfect</ets>.) See <er>Finish</er>, and cf. <er>Finite</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration; accomplished; beautiful.</def>

<blockquote>The gain thereof [is better] than <b>fine</b> gold. <i>Prov. iii. 14.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>A cup of wine that's brisk and <b>fine</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Not only the <b>finest</b> gentleman of his time, but one of the <b>finest</b> scholars. <i>Felton.</i></blockquote>