Finance

(fe-nans.) [From L.financia, a payment of money.] (Pol. Econ., .) A French word incorporated with our language, meaning the art of managing money matters, the person who profe es this art being called Finland, a financier. F., in the plural, is often used for money itself, but still with a reference to the purpose to which it is to be applied, as where the finances of a country are said to have improved or fallen off-that is to say, have become abundant or scanty according to the expenditure of the country. Sometimes the word is applied to private wealth, but it is properly applicable to public funds. Finch, (finch.) [A.S.finc.] (Zool.) See FRINGILLIDE. Finding, (find'ing.) [From A.S.find an.) (Law.) Discovering a verdict; as, the finding ofa jury. Findings, (find'ingz.) (Manf.) The tools and materials used in shoemaking. Findlay, (find'lā,) in Ohio, a vill., C. of Hancock co., on Blanch ard's Fork, abt. 100 m. N.N.W. of Columbus. Pop. 3,315. Fine, (fin.) [From L. pœna, a penalty.] (Law.) A penalty or amends, made in money, for an offence.Also, in English law, money paid for the renewal of a lease. Fine Arts, (The.) See ART. Finery, (fin'ere.) (From Eng.fine.] (Metall.) The furnace used in the refining of metals; that is, hammering and shaping them into a bloom, or square bar. Fine-stilling, (-stil'ling.) (Chem.) The distillation of spirituous liquor from mola es or other saccharine matter. Fine'-stuff, (-stüf.) (Building.) The second coat of plaster for the walls of an apartment. Fingal, (fing'gaul,) a legendary Caledonian king who waged war against the Romans. According to his son, thepoetO ian, he was a heroic and chivalrous prince. Fingal's Cave. See STAFF A. Finger, (fing'gr.) [A.S.] (Anat.) One of the 5 extremities of the hand. Their names, counting from the thumb, are -1, pollex; 2, index; 3, medius; 4, annular is (or ring-finger); 5, auricular is. In the thumb there are 2, in each of the other fingers 3, bones called phalanges, the upper of which are much larger than the lower. Finger-board. (Mus.) That part of a stringed musical instrument, as in the violin, violoncello, guitar, ., which is made of ebony-wood, and glued on the neck of the instrument, and shaped on the top somewhat round, to suit the position in which the strings lie on the nut and the bridge. At the lower end, the fingerboard projects over the sounding-board of all those instruments played with the bow, while in the guitar species the finger-board is glued down on both neck and sounding-board. Fingering, (finggr-ing.) (Mus.) The disposing of the fingers ina natural, convenient, and suitable manner, in the performance on any instrument, but more especially on the organ, pianoforte, and harmonium. (fin'e-al.) [From L. finis, the end.] (Arch.) [s. 365]