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<syn>Syn. -- <er>Finical</er>, <er>Spruce</er>, <er>Foppish</er>.</syn> <usage> These words are applied to persons who are studiously desirous to cultivate finery of appearance. One who is <i>spruce</i> is elaborately nice in dress; one who is <i>finical</i> shows his affectation in language and manner as well as in dress; one who is <i>foppish</i> distinguishes himself by going to the extreme of the fashion in the cut of his clothes, by the tawdriness of his ornaments, and by the ostentation of his manner. "A <i>finical</i> gentleman clips his words and screws his body into as small a compass as possible, to give himself the air of a delicate person; a <i>spruce</i> gentleman strives not to have a fold wrong in his frill or cravat, nor a hair of his head to lie amiss; a <i>foppish</i> gentleman seeks . . . to render himself distinguished for finery."</usage>

<i>Crabb.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Fin"i*cal*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> -- <wf>Fin"i*cal*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Finicality</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin`i*cal"i*ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being finical; finicalness.</def>

<h1>Finicking, Finicky</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw><hw>Fin"ick*ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Fin"ick*y</hw>, <tt>a.</tt><hw><def>Finical; unduly particular.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Finific</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fi*nif"ic</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>finis</ets> end + <ets>facere</ets> to make.]</ety> <def>A limiting element or quality.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>The essential <b>finific</b> in the form of the finite. <i>Coleridge.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Finify</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin"i*fy</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fine</ets>, <tt>a.</tt> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To make fine; to dress finically.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Hath so pared and <b>finified</b> them [his feet.] <i>B. Jonson.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Finikin</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin"i*kin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Fine</ets>, <tt>a.</tt> + <ets>-kin</ets>.]</ety> <def>Precise in trifles; idly busy.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Fining</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of imposing a fin<?/.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The process of fining or refining; clarification; also <fld>(Metal.)</fld>, the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer.</def>

<cs><col>Fining pot</col>, <cd>a vessel in which metals are refined.</cd></cs> <rj><i>Prov. xvii. 3.</i></rj>

<h1>Finis</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fi"nis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L.]</ety> <def>An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book.</def>

<h1>Finish</h1> <Xpage=561>

<hw>Fin"ish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Finished</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Finishing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[F. <ets>finir</ets> (with a stem <ets>finiss-</ets> in several forms, whence E. <ets>-ish</ets>: see <ets>-ish</ets>.),fr. L. <ets>finire</ets> to limit, finish, end, fr. <ets>finis</ets> boundary, limit, end; perh. for <ets>fidnis</ets>, and akin <ets>findere</ets> to cleave, E. <ets>fissure</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.</def>

<blockquote>And heroically hath <b>finished</b> A life heroic. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.</def>

<syn>Syn. -- To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete; accomplish; perfect.</syn>