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<hw>Fin"ish</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To come to an end; to terminate.</def>

<blockquote>His days may <b>finish</b> ere that hapless time. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To end; to die.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Fin"ish</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>That which finishes, puts an end to<?/ or perfects.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See <cref>Inside finish</cref>, and <cref>Outside finish</cref>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>See <cref>Finishing coat</cref>, under <er>Finishing</er>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; <as>as, a rough, dead, or glossy <ex>finish</ex> given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.</as></def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Completion; -- opposed to <ant>start</ant>, or <ant>beginning</ant>.</def>

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<hw>Fin"ished</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; <as>as, a <ex>finished</ex> poem; a <ex>finished</ex> education.</as></def>

<cs><col>Finished work</col> <fld>(Mach.)</fld>, <cd>work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Fin"ish*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection.</def>

<blockquote>O prophet of glad tidings, <b>finisher</b> Of utmost hope! <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

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<hw>Fin"ish*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.</def>

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<hw>Fin"ish*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.</def>

<cs><col>Finishing coat</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Plastering)</fld> <cd>the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Painting)</fld> <cd>The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others.</cd> -- <col>Finishing press</col>, <cd>a machine for pressing fabrics.</cd> -- <col>Finishing rolls</col> <fld>(Iron Working)</fld>, <cd>the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape.</cd></cs>

<i>Raymond.</i>

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<hw>Fi"nite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>finitus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>finire</ets>. See <er>Finish</er>, and cf. <er>Fine</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <def>Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to <i>infinite</i>; <as>as, <ex>finite</ex> number; <ex>finite</ex> existence; a <ex>finite</ex> being; a <ex>finite</ex> mind; <ex>finite</ex> duration.</as></def>

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<hw>Fi"nite*less</hw>, <tt>a</tt> <def>Infinite.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>