Finn

(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Finland; Finn, a river of Ireland, rising in co. Donegal, which after a course of 24 m. empties into Lough Foyle, near Lifford. Fin'nan, or Fin'don, a fishing-village of Scotland, co. Kincardine, 6 m. S. of Aberdeen. It is a poor place, but has been long celebrated for its preparation of smoked haddocks, known, far and wide, as "Finnan haddocks" or "haddies." This delicacy is prepared by gutting, cleaning, splitting, and smoking the fish. The most particular part of the proce is the smoking, which should be done by the green branches of the fir-tree, or still better, spruce; thus communicating to the fish its peculiar odor and bright yellow color. A somewhat similar result may be effected by the use of pугоligneous acid; but nothing else but the fir has ever been used for the purpose at F. and other places, on the coast. The genuine Finnan haddock should never be kept above two, or, at the furthest, three days after it has been cured, should be roasted by a very quick fire, and served up im mediately. Finned, (finn'd,) a. With a broad edge on either side, as a plough.