Finicalness

Extreme nicety in dre , manners, or appearance; foppishne . Finifie, n. [Lat. finis, an end, and facere, to make.] A limiting element or quality. "The e ential finifle in the form of the finite." Cole ridge. Fin'ikin, a. [From fine , with dim. term in.] Precisely particular, or nice in trifles: pottering; idly busy of would-be importance; as, a finikin man. face. Diversified, two chains of hills running through the dep. E. to W. Soil . Various. Climate . Humid, and subject to tempests and fogs. Prod . Agriculture is in a back ward state, although oats, rye, wheat, barley, flax, and potatoes are largely raised. Pasturage is excellent, rearing large numbers of cattle. The condition of the farmers is, on the whole, prosperous. Cider is, for all cla es, the favorite and almost only drink. The fisheries yield a good return. Min . The mines of lead at Ponillaouen and Huelgoet, are the most productive in France. Manuf . Sail-cloth, linen, ropes, leather, oil, tobacco, . Chief towns. Quimper (the cap.), Brest, and Morlaix. Pop . 695,609. Finite. ( fi'nite ,) a. [Lat. finitus- finio , finis .] Having a limit: limited; bounded; terminable; -in contradistinction to infinite ; as, a finite being. Finite force . ( Phys .) A force that acts for a finite time, such as the force of gravity. Fi'nitely, adv . Within limits; to a certain degree only. Finitene , n . State of being finite; limitation; con fine ment within certain boundaries; as, "finitene of natural powers." Finks'burgh, in Maryland, a post-village of Carroll co., abt. 50 m. N.W. of Anna polis. Finland, (GRAND-DUCHY of,) (called by the natives, Suomen-maa, "land of marshes,") a country of N. Europe, including (with the exception of part of Lapland) the extreme N.W. portion of the Ru ian empire. It lies between Lat. 59° 50 and 70° 25′ N., and Lon. 21° and 3214o E.; having N. Ru ian Lapland; E. the govts. of Archangel and Olonetz; S. Lake Ladoga, the govt. of St. Petersburg, and the Gulf of Finland; and W. Sweden and the Gulf of Bothnia. Length, N.N.E. and S. S.W., 600 m.; average breadth abt. 240 m. Total area, 136,000 Eng. sq. m.; divided into 8 provS. DESC. F. consists principally of a table-land from 400 to 600 feet above the level of the sea, and interspersed with hills of no great elevation. In the N., however, the Manselka Mountains have an average height of between 3,000 and 4,000 ft. The coasts, particularly on the S., are surrounded by a vast number of rocky islets, separated from the main-land and from each other by intricate and narrow channels, rendering the shores of the country easy of defence in case of hostile attack by sea. But the chief natural feature of F. is its myriads of lakes, which spread like a network over a large proportion of its surface; some of them being of very considerable size. The greater number of these are in the S. and E.; they have frequent communications with each other, and generally abound with islands. There are numerous rivers, but none of much importance. Climate, rigorous. Even in the S. the winter lasts from 6 to 7 months, and in the N. from 8 to 9 months. Dense fogs are very frequent; heavy rains take place in autumn, and in May and June the thaws put a stop to nearly all travelling. In the N. the sun is absent during Dec. and Jan.; but during the short summer, while that luminary is almost perpetually above the horizon, the heat is often very great; and near Uleaborg, in abt. 65° Lat., the corn is sown and reaped within 6 or 7 weeks. Crops in all parts of the duchy are exposed to the double danger of being destroyed by sudden frosts, and by the ravages of a variety of caterpillar called turila by the natives. The principal geological formations are granite, which very easily disintegrates, hard limestone, and slate. Soil , for the most part stony and poor. Min . Iron, copper, marble, sulphur. Prod . Rye, oats, and barley. The most important products are, however, timber, deals, potash, pitch, tar, and rosin; all of which articles are extensively exported. Next to agriculture, stock-breeding and fishing form the leading occupations of the inhab. Manuf . None of importance. Chief towns. Helsingfors (the cap.), Abo, Uleaborg, and Tornes. Hist . The Finns were Pagans, living under their own independent kings till the 12th cent., about the middle of which the country was conquered by the Swedes, who introduced Christianity. The prov. of Wyborg was conquered and annexed to Ru ia by Peter the Great, in 1721; the remainder of the country became part of the Ru ian dominions (also by conquest) in 1809. Ever since that period the Ru ian govt. has endeavored, by conciliating the Finnish party, and promoting objects of national importance, to attach the bulk of the population to its interests; and in this it is said to have been eminently succe ful. Pop . , chiefly Finns and Lapps (1895), 2,442,315. See FINNISH LANGUAGE.