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[ And soe wee early ended our fifth weekes travell, with the fin it of that sheere, at the noble city of Bristow. MS . Lansdowne , 213. finite (fi'nīt), a. and n. [F. fini = Sp. Pg. It. finito, last part of any movement or progre ; espeends, yet is finite; while past time has an end, yet is not cially, the end of a race or competitive contest of any kind. I have followed him through his typical Swedish elkhunt, and am loth to leave him before he has achieved some sort of succe to console him for his disastrous finish. Fortnightly Rev. , N. S., XLIII. 96. 2. The last work performed upon any object, whereby it is completed or perfected.-3. Careful elaboration or its result; polish: as, the fin ish of a work of art, a poem, or a piece of cloth; to put a fine finish on anything, or to give it an exquisite finish; finish in deportment. To us who write in a hurry for people who read in a J. Caird. hurry, finish would be lo of time. finite. So, if a finite arc be cut out of a parabola, what remains has two ends, yet is not finite. The obvious portions of extension that affect our senses carry with them into the mind the idea of finite ; and the ordinary periods of succe ion whereby we measure time and duration, as hours, days, and years, are bounded lengths. Locke , Human Understanding, II. xvii. 2. The following are the special significations of the word: (a) As applied to a cla or integer number, capable of being completely counted: this is the fundamental meaning. This distinction between a finite and an infinite cla is very important, because there is a peculiar mode of reasoning, called by logicians reasoning by transposed quantity, which is applicable to finite cla es alone. The following syllogism is an example: "Every Hottentot kills a Hottentot; but no Hottentot is killed by more than one Hottentot; hence, every Hottentot is killed by a Hottentot." If by the Hottentots is here meant a cla of census might be taken, this conclusion 4. The last hard, smooth coat of plaster on a wall: commonly only called hard - finish.- Blind fin which a complete cen Ruskin, Modern Painters, IV. ix. § 3. Finished drawing. See drawing. - Finished-spirit condenser, that part of a still in which the work of condensation is completed, and from which the hot spirits pa to the refrigerator to be cooled.