Fin"ished (?), a. Polished to the highest degree of excellence;
complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education.
Finished work (Mach.), work that is made smooth or polished, though not
necessarily completed.
Fin"ish*er (?), n. 1. 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.
O prophet of glad tidings, finisher Of utmost hope!
Milton.
2. Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything.
[Colloq.]
Fin"ish*ing, n. The act or process of completing or perfecting; the
final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.
Fin"ish*ing, a. Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or
for use.
Finishing coat. (a) (Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied
to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth. (b) (Painting)
The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the
others. -- Finishing press, a machine for pressing fabrics. --
Finishing rolls (Iron Working), the rolls of a train which receive the
bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape. Raymond.
Fi"nite (?), a. [L. finitus, p. p. of finire. See Finish, and cf. Fine,
a.] Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded;
-- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence; a finite
being; a finite mind; finite duration.
Fi"nite*less, a. Infinite. [Obs.] Sir T. browne.
Fi"nite*ly, adv. In a finite manner or degree.
Fi"nite*ness, n. The state of being finite.
Fin"i*tude (?), n. [L. finire. See Finish.] Limitation. Cheyne.
Fin"land*er (?), n. A native or inhabitant of Finland.
Fin"less, a. (Zoˆl.) destitute of fins.
Fin"let (?), n. [Fin + - let.] A little fin; one of the parts of a
divided fin.
Fin"like` (?), a. Resembling a fin.
Finn (?), a. A native of Finland; one of the Finn&?; in the
ethnological sense. See Finns.
Fin"nan had"die (?). [See Haddock.] Haddock cured in peat smoke,
originally at Findon (pron. fn"an), Scotland. the name is also applied
to other kinds of smoked haddock. [Written also finnan haddock.]
Finned (?), a. Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin.
Mortimer.
Fin"ner (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A finback whale.
Finn"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Finns.
Fin"ni*kin (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat
resembling the mane of a horse. [Written also finikin.]
Finn"ish (?), a. Of or pertaining to Finland, to the Finns, or to their
language. -- n. A Northern Turanian group of languages; the language of
the Finns.
Finns (?), n. pl.; sing. Finn. (Ethnol.) (a) Natives of Finland;
Finlanders. (b) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and
Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and
Finlanders. [Written also Fins.]
Fin"ny (?), a. 1. (Zoˆl.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes;
pertaining to fishes.