3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful; dexterous.

The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine!

Pope.

The nicest and most delicate touches of satire consist in fine

raillery.

Dryden.

He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman.

T. Gray.

4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as: (a) Not gross; subtile; thin;

tenous.

The eye standeth in the finer medium and the object in the grosser.

Bacon.

(b) Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.

(c) Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread. (d) Thin;

attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge. (e) Made of fine materials; light;

delicate; as, fine linen or silk.

5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as,

coins nine tenths fine.

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