finer (1)

[Eng. fine (1), v.; -er.) One who refines or purifies metals; a refiner. "Take away the dro from the silver, and there shall come forth a ve el for the finer ." -Prov. xxv. 4. *fin'-er (2), s. [Eng. fine (2), v.; -er.] One who fines or mulcts another in a pecuniary penalty. fin-er-ý (1), 8. [Eng. fine , a.; -ry.] *1. The quality of being fine, grand, showy, or splendid; showine , splendor, finene . "Don't chuse your place of study by the finery of the prospects."- Watts . 2. Fine clothes, ornaments, decorations, .; showy dre . "Tapestry and arras hung from the windows of those who could afford to exhibit such finery ." -Macaulay : Hist. Eng ., ch. xii. fin-er-ý (2), 8. [Eng. fine (1), v.; -ry.] Iron-works: A species of forge-hearth in which gray cast-iron is smelted by fuel and blasi, and from which it is run into iron troughs for sudden congelation. The result is a finer quality of cast-iron of whiter color, which is subsequently puddled and made malleable. fi-ne e', s. [Fr.; Ital. finezza; Sp. fineza = finene .] I. Ordinary Language: *1. Finene . "With great sleyght and fyne e of wytte."-Brende: Quintus Curtius, fo. 3. 2. An artifice, stratagem, or subtle contrivance to gain an end. "This is the artificial est piece of fine e to perswade men to be slaves." - Milton : Eikon ok las tes . 3. Skill, art, dexterity. "But he (his musical fine e was such, So nice his ear, so delicate his touch) Made poetry a mere mechanic art." Cowper: Table Talk, 652-4. II. Whist : The act of trying to win a trick with a lower card than is in your opponent's hand, while a higher card is in your own hand. fi-ne e', v . i. & t. [FINESSE, 8.] A. Intransitive : 1. Ord. Lang.: To make use of fine es or artifices to gain an end. "If they were not his own by fine ing and trick." Goldsmith: Retaliation. 2. Whist : To try to win a trick with a lower card than is in your opponent's hand, while you have a higher card in your own hand. B. Trans.: To fine e with; as, to fine e a king, a queen, .