Fine

fīn, adj. excellent: beautiful: not coarse or heavy: subtle: thin: slender: exquisite: nice: delicate: overdone: showy: splendid: striking or remarkable (often ironically ): pure, refined: consisting of small particles; sharp, keen.— v.t. to make fine: to refine: to purify: to change by imperceptible degrees.— adv. ( Scot. ) for finely, well.— v.t. Fine′-draw , to draw or sew up a rent so finely that it is not seen.— p.adj. Fine′-drawn , drawn out too finely.— adj. Fine′ish , somewhat fine.— adv. Fine′ly .— ns. Fine′ne ; Fin′er (same as Refiner ); Fin′ery , splendour, fine or showy things: a place where anything is fined or refined: a furnace for making iron malleable.— adjs. Fine′-spok′en , using fine phrases; Fine′-spun , finely spun out: artfully contrived.— Fine arts , as painting, sculpture, music, those chiefly concerned with the beautiful—opp. to the Useful or Industrial arts . [Fr.,—L. finitus , finished, from finīre , to finish, finis , an end.]