Definitions for finings

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finings fin·ing

Spelling: [fahy-ning]

IPA: /ˈfaɪ nɪŋ/

Finings is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in finings (fgiinns).

Definitions for finings

noun

1. the process by which fused glass is freed of undissolved gases.
2. the process of clarifying or filtering a wine or spirit.
3. fines. Mining. crushed ore sufficiently fine to pass through a given screen. Compare short (def 29e). Agriculture. the fine bits of corn kernel knocked off during handling of the grain.
4. a sum of money imposed as a penalty for an offense or dereliction:
5. Law. a fee paid by a feudal tenant to the landlord, as on the renewal of tenure.
6. English Law. (formerly) a conveyance of land through decree of a court, based upon a simulated lawsuit.
7. Archaic. a penalty of any kind.

Idioms

1. cut fine, to calculate precisely, especially without allowing for possible error or accident:
2. in fine, in short; briefly. in conclusion; finally:

adverb

1. Informal. in an excellent manner; very well:
2. very small:
3. Billiards, Pool. in such a way that the driven ball barely touches the object ball in passing.
4. Nautical. as close as possible to the wind:

adjective

1. of superior or best quality; of high or highest grade:
2. choice, excellent, or admirable:
3. consisting of minute particles:
4. very thin or slender:
5. keen or sharp, as a tool:
6. delicate in texture; filmy:
7. delicately fashioned:
8. highly skilled or accomplished:
9. trained to the maximum degree, as an athlete.
10. characterized by or affecting refinement or elegance:
11. polished or refined:
12. affectedly ornate or elegant:
13. delicate or subtle:
14. bright and clear:
15. healthy; well:
16. showy or smart; elegant in appearance:
17. good-looking or handsome:
18. (of a precious metal or its alloy) free from impurities or containing a large amount of pure metal:

verb (used with object)

1. to make fine or finer, especially by refining or pulverizing.
2. to reduce the size or proportions of (often used with down or away):
3. to clarify (wines or spirits) by filtration.
4. to subject to a fine or pecuniary penalty; punish by a fine:

verb (used without object)

1. to become fine or finer, as by refining.
2. to become less, as in size or proportions; reduce; diminish (often followed by down):

Origin of finings

First recorded in 1495-1505; fine¹ + -ing¹

Examples for finings

The materials used in fining are isinglass, white of egg or gelatine.

The chief business appears to have been fining the members of the court 1s.

A pint of this fining will be sufficient for a cask of twenty gallons.

The fining power of a Judge on circuit is a mysterious prerogative.

Every once in a while, the authorities make a sweep of the cities, collecting the dishes and fining their owners.

Occasionally the authorities make sweeps of certain neighborhoods, collecting the dishes and fining their owners.

“Go back to Seattle,” Wood said, after fining Shayegan $730 and issuing a 360-day suspended jail sentence.

They did, fining themselves to the tune of a million or so of our money.

It may also be used as a thickener in calico-printing and for fining beer.

I tell Margaret she ought to fine him, and keep on fining, but she won't do it.