finify (finifi)

t. [fine2, a., + -i - fy, make.] To make fine; adorn. [Obsolete or colloquial.] As nimble a fine fellow of his feet as his hands: for there is a noble corn-cutter, his companion, hath... pared and finified them. B. Jonson, Pan's Anniversary. All the morning he wasteth in finifying his body to please her eye. Man in the Moon , 1609. finikin (fin'i-kin), a. and n. [Also finnikin and, with accom. terminations, finicking , finicky , finical ; orig. a dial. word, of D. origin; cf. MD. fijnkens , adv., precisely, exactly, neatly, fijn , fine, precise, exact, + dim. -ken , E. -kin.] I. a. 1. Daintily fine; dainty. With that came in a wealthy knight, Which was both grave and old, And after him a finikin la , Did shine like the glistering gold. Robin Hood and Allin A Dale (Child's Ballads, V. 281). 2. Pettily particular; precise in trifles; idly busy; especially, particular about dre . The bearded creatures are quite as finikin over their toilets as any coquette in the world. Thackeray. The most finnikin of us must needs begrime himself in getting forward ever so little a distance. IMG:content-1351.png:[blocks in formation] 2. The proce of becoming clear: said especially of wine and other liquors.-3. The material or mixture introduced into liquor to clarify it, as whites of eggs or alum. It is customary to mix the fining with a little of the liquor and beat them thoroughly together; the mixture is then poured into the cask and the liquor is stirred.