Find"fault`ing, a. Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.
[Obs.] Whitlock.
Find"ing, n. 1. That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp.
(pl.), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself;
as tools, trimmings, etc.
When a man hath been laboring . . . in the deep mines of knowledge,
hath furnished out his findings in all their equipage.
Milton.
2. Support; maintenance; that which is provided for one; expence;
provision.
3. (Law) The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially
into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury.
Burrill.
After his friends finding and his rent.
Chaucer.
Fin"dy (?), a. [AS. finding heavy; cf. Dan. fyndig strong, energetical,
fynd strength, energy, emphasis.] Full; heavy; firm; solid;
substantial. [Obs.]
A cold May and a windy Makes the barn fat amd findy.
Old Proverb.
Fine (fn), a. [Compar. Finer (?); superl. Finest.] [F. fin, LL. finus
fine, pure, fr. L. finire to finish; cf. finitus, p. p., finished,
completed (hence the sense accomplished, perfect.) See Finish, and cf.
Finite.] 1. Finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from
impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of admiration;
accomplished; beautiful.
The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold.
Prov. iii. 14.
A cup of wine that's brisk and fine.
Shak.
Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one of the finest
scholars.
Felton.
To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats].
Leigh Hunt.
2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament; overdressed or
overdecorated; showy.
He gratified them with occasional . . . fine writing.