finis (finis)

[L., the end, limit: see finel, finish.] The end; conclusion: a word occasionally, and in former times commonly, placed at the end of a book. finish (fin'ish), v. [ 2225 ni -, stem of certain parts of finir, F. finir = Pr. fenir = OSp. finir = It. finire, Neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy. Acts xx. 24. IMG:content-1352.png:[blocks in formation] Shak., Cymbeline, v. 5. Exeter doth wish His days may finish ere that haple time. Shak., 1 Hen. VI., iii. 1. finish (fin'ish), n. [ finite fects the face of plates by cutting out superfluous metal, rectifying faults, and correcting errors, for which purpose he cuts out the letters or words to be changed and solders in separate types or cast pieces. (c) In paper - making, the second rag-pulping machine or half-stuff engine. (d) In the manufacture of fabrics, the final carder, or the one that delivers the sliver. See carding -machine. (e) In pianoforte - making, the workman who puts the action together and fastens it into the case. 2. One who or that which puts an end to something; in colloquial use, that which settles or puts the finishing touch to something. "You need go no farther on your flying tour of matrimony; my house and my heart alike are open to you both." "This was a finisher ," said Lacking ton. T. Hood , Gilbert Gurney, II. vi. finishing-drill (fin'ish-ing-dril), n . See drilll . finishing-pre (fin'ish-ing-pres), n. A pre used in finishing; specifically, in bookbinding , a simple form of pre , usually made of two broad blocks of wood, connected by strong screws of wood, which are intended to hold a book firmly during the proce of finishing. finishing-tool (fin'ish-ing-töl), n. In lathe - work , a turning-tool with a cutting edge ground to a large angle. Such tools remove a very thin chip, and are often used simply as scrapers. finishmentt, n. [ME. fynyshment, fynisment, fine e ment , feni ement ; as finish + -ment.] Finishing; end; death. Merlyn be-gan to telle the lovynge of Thesu Criste, and of Iosep A bar am at hie, like as they hadden ben of the slayn; and of Pieron, and of othir felowes like as they weren departed, and the fynyshment of Ioseph and of alle other. Merlin (E. E. T. S.), i. 23. finish-turn (fin'ish-tern), v. t. To subject to a final operation of turning; finish by the action of an accurate lathe. They were then finish - turned on the parts fitting into the crank-webs. Sci. Amer . Supp . , p. 8889.