[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fine \fine\ fimacn, a. compar. finer fimacn"~er;
   superl. finest. f. fin, ll. finus fine, pure, fr. l.
   finire to finish; cf. finitus, p. p., finished, completed
   hence the sense accomplished, perfect. see finish, and
   cf. finite.
   1. finished; brought to perfection; refined; hence, free from
      impurity; excellent; superior; elegant; worthy of
      admiration; accomplished; beautiful.
      1913 webster

            the gain thereof is better than fine gold. --prov.
                                                  iii. 14.
      1913 webster

            a cup of wine that's brisk and fine.  --shak.
      1913 webster

            not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one
            of the finest scholars.               --felton.
      1913 webster

            to soothe the sick bed of so fine a being keats.
                                                  --leigh hunt.
      1913 webster

   2. aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament;
      overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
      1913 webster

            he gratified them with occasional . . . fine
            writing.                              --m. arnold.
      1913 webster

   3. nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful;
      dexterous.
      1913 webster

            the spider's touch, how exquisitely fine --pope.
      1913 webster

            the nicest and most delicate touches of satire
            consist in fine raillery.             --dryden.
      1913 webster

            he has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a
            woman.                                --t. gray.
      1913 webster

   4. not coarse, gross, or heavy; as:
      a not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
          1913 webster

                the eye standeth in the finer medium and the
                object in the grosser.            --bacon.
      b not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine
          sand or flour.
      c not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
      d thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
      e made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine
          linen or silk.
          1913 webster

   5. having such a proportion of pure metal in its
      composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
      1913 webster

   6. used ironically.
      1913 webster

            ye have made a fine hand, fellows.    --shak.
      1913 webster

   note: fine is often compounded with participles and
         adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn,
         fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun,
         etc.
         1913 webster

   fine arch glass making, the smaller fritting furnace of a
      glasshouse. --knight.

   fine arts. see the note under art.

   fine cut, fine cut tobacco; a kind of chewing tobacco cut
      up into shreds.

   fine goods, woven fabrics of fine texture and quality.
      --mcelrath.

   fine stuff, lime, or a mixture of lime, plaster, etc., used
      as material for the finishing coat in plastering.

   to sail fine naut., to sail as close to the wind as
      possible.

   syn: fine, beautiful.

   usage: when used as a word of praise, fine being opposed to
          coarse denotes no "ordinary thing of its kind." it is
          not as strong as beautiful, in reference to the single
          attribute implied in the latter term; but when we
          speak of a fine woman, we include a greater variety of
          particulars, viz., all the qualities which become a
          woman, -- breeding, sentiment, tact, etc. the term is
          equally comprehensive when we speak of a fine garden,
          landscape, horse, poem, etc.; and, though applied to a
          great variety of objects, the word has still a very
          definite sense, denoting a high degree of
          characteristic excellence.
          1913 webster
see also:
finer finest finish finite fine arch fine arts 
art fine cut fine goods fine stuff to sail fine 
fine beautiful 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fine \fine\, v. t. from fine, n.
   to impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach
   of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by
   fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
   1913 webster
see also:
fine 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fine \fine\, v. i.
   to pay a fine. see fine, n., 3
   b . r.
       1913 webster

             men fined for the king's good will; or that he
             would remit his anger; women fined for leave to
             marry.                               --hallam.
       1913 webster
see also:
fine 

[4] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fine \fine\ fimacn, n. oe. fin, l. finis end, also in ll.,
   a final agreement or concord between the lord and his vassal;
   a sum of money paid at the end, so as to make an end of a
   transaction, suit, or prosecution; mulct; penalty; cf. of.
   fin end, settlement, f. fin end. see finish, and cf.
   finance.
   1. end; conclusion; termination; extinction. obs. "to see
      their fatal fine." --spenser.
      1913 webster

            is this the fine of his fines?        --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. a sum of money paid as the settlement of a claim, or by
      way of terminating a matter in dispute; especially, a
      payment of money imposed upon a party as a punishment for
      an offense; a mulct.
      1913 webster

   3. law
      a feudal law a final agreement concerning lands or
          rents between persons, as the lord and his vassal.
          --spelman.
      b eng. law a sum of money or price paid for obtaining
          a benefit, favor, or privilege, as for admission to a
          copyhold, or for obtaining or renewing a lease.
          1913 webster

   fine for alienation feudal law, a sum of money paid to
      the lord by a tenant whenever he had occasion to make over
      his land to another. --burrill.

   fine of lands, a species of conveyance in the form of a
      fictitious suit compromised or terminated by the
      acknowledgment of the previous owner that such land was
      the right of the other party. --burrill. see concord,
      n., 4.

   in fine, in conclusion; by way of termination or summing
      up.
      1913 webster
see also:
finish finance fine for alienation fine of lands concord in fine 

[5] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fine \fine\, v. t. imp.  p. p. fined fimacnd; p. pr. 
   vb. n. fining. from fine, a.
   1. to make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to
      fine gold.
      1913 webster

            it hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men.
                                                  --hobbes.
      1913 webster

   2. to make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.;
      as. to fine the soil. --l. h. bailey.
      1913 webster

   3. to change by fine gradations; as naut., to fine down a
      ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
      1913 webster

            i often sate at home
            on evenings, watching how they fined themselves
            with gradual conscience to a perfect night.
                                                  --browning.
      1913 webster
see also:
fined fining fine 

[6] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fine \fine\, v. t.  i. of. finer, f. finir. see finish, v.
   t.
   to finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. obs.
   1913 webster
see also:
finish 

[7] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fine \fine\ fimacn, adv.
   1. finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly.
      obs., dial., or colloq.
      webster 1913 suppl.

   2. billiards  pool in a manner so that the driven ball
      strikes the object ball so far to one side as to be
      deflected but little, the object ball being driven to one
      side.
      webster 1913 suppl.

[8] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fine \fine\ fimacn, v. i.
   to become fine in any one of various senses; as, the ale
   will fine; the weather fined.

   to fine away, down, off, gradually to become fine; to
      diminish; to dwindle.

            i watched her the ship . . . gradually fining down
            in the westward until i lost of her hull. --w. c.
                                                  russel.
      webster 1913 suppl.
see also:
to fine away, down, off 

[9] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fine
     adj 1: superior to the average; "in fine spirits"; "a fine
            student"; "made good grades"; "morale was good"; "had
            good weather for the parade" syn: good
     2: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an
        all-right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are
        all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's
        fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been
        fine"; "another minute i'd have been fine" syn: all
        right, ok, o.k., okay, hunky-dory
     3: minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a
        fine distinction"
     4: of texture; being small-grained or smooth to the touch or
        having fine particles; "wood with a fine grain"; "fine
        powdery snow"; "fine rain"; "batiste is a cotton fabric
        with a fine weave"; "covered with a fine film of dust"
        ant: coarse
     5: being in good health; "he's feeling all right again"; "i'm
        fine, how are you?" syn: all right
     6: thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine
        hairs"; "read the fine print"
     7: characterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment;
        "fine wine"; "looking fine in her easter suit"; "a fine
        gentleman"; "fine china and crystal"; "a fine violinist";
        "the fine hand of a master"
     8: ; free or impurities; having a high or specified degree of
        purity; "gold 21 carats fine" syn: f.
     9: of weather pleasant; not raining, perhaps with the sun
        shining; "a fine summer evening"
     n : money extracted as a penalty syn: mulct, amercement
     adv 1: sentence-initial expression of agreement syn: very well,
            alright, all right, ok
     2: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine
        drawn body" syn: finely, delicately, exquisitely
     3: in a superior and skilled manner; "the soldiers were
        fighting finely" syn: finely
     v : issue a ticket or a fine to as a penalty; "i was fined for
         parking on the wrong side of the street"; "move your car
         or else you will be ticketed" syn: ticket
see also:
good all right ok o.k. okay hunky-dory 
coarse all right f. mulct amercement 
very well alright ok finely delicately 
exquisitely ticket 

[10] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

512 moby thesaurus words for "fine":
   babylonian, corinthian, ok, roger, absolutely, abstruse,
   accomplished, accurate, acrid, acute, admirable, adulterated,
   advantageous, aesthetic, aesthetically appealing, affable,
   agreeable, airy, alive and kicking, all right, alright, alrighty,
   amen, amerce, amercement, amiable, amicable, amusing, appreciative,
   arabesque, aright, as you say, assessment, assuredly, attentive,
   attenuate, attenuated, attractive, auspicious, awe-inspiring,
   awful, aye, balmy, barbaric, baroque, beauteous, beautiful,
   beneficial, benevolent, bitsy, bitty, blissful, bon, bonny, bonzer,
   boyish, branny, braw, bright, bright and fair,
   bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, brilliant, bueno, busy, by all means,
   capital, capitally, certainly, chalklike, chalky, champion, charge,
   cheerful, chichi, chipper, choice, civilized, clear, close,
   cloudless, cogent, comely, commendable, comminute, comminuted,
   compatible, complaisant, confiscate, congenial, conscientious,
   constant, consummate, cool, cordial, correct, critical, crushed,
   cryptic, cultivated, cultured, cut, cute, cutting, da, dainty,
   damages, dandy, delicat, delicate, deluxe, demanding, desirable,
   detailed, detrital, detrited, diaphanous, differential, dilute,
   diluted, direct, discriminate, discriminating, discriminative,
   disintegrated, distinctive, distinguishing, distrain, distraint,
   distress, double-edged, downy, dry, dulcet, dusty, edged,
   efflorescent, elaborate, elegant, en rapport, endowed with beauty,
   enigmatic, enjoyable, enjoying health, entertaining, escheat,
   escheatment, esoteric, estimable, estreat, ethereal, eupeptic,
   even, exact, exacting, exactly, excellent, excellently,
   exceptional, exigent, expedient, express, exquisite, extravagant,
   eye-filling, fair, fair and pleasant, faithful, famous, famously,
   fancy, farinaceous, fastidious, favorable, featheredged, fee,
   felicific, felicitous, filamentous, filmy, fine-drawn,
   fine-grained, finely, finespun, finical, finicking, finicky,
   first-class, first-rate, firsts, fit, fit and fine, flaky,
   flamboyant, flimsy, florid, floury, flowerlike, flowery, fluffy,
   forfeit, forfeiture, frail, frilly, full of beans, furfuraceous,
   fussy, fuzzy, gaseous, gauzy, genial, girlish, glorious,
   gone to dust, good, good enough, good-looking, goodly, gossamer,
   gossamery, graceful, gracile, gracious, grand, grandiose, grated,
   grateful, gratifying, great, ground, hair-splitting, hairline,
   hairsplitting, handsome, harmonious, healthful, healthy, hear,
   heart-warming, heavy, helpful, high-grade, high-wrought, honeyed,
   impalpable, imposing, impressive, in condition, in fine fettle,
   in fine whack, in good case, in good health, in good shape,
   in health, in high feather, in mint condition, in shape,
   in the pink, indeed, indeedy, inerrable, inerrant, infallible,
   insubstantial, interesting, itsy-bitsy, ja, just so, keen,
   keen-edged, kind, knifelike, labored, lacy, laudable, levigated,
   levy, levy a distress, light, likable, loose, lovely, luxuriant,
   luxurious, magnificent, mais oui, majestic, masterly, mathematical,
   mealy, mellifluous, mellow, meritorious, meticulous,
   micrometrically precise, microscopic, milled, minute, misty,
   moresque, most assuredly, mulct, narrow, naturally, naturellement,
   neat, nice, nicely, noble, obscure, of course, okay, ornate,
   ostentatious, oui, outstanding, overelaborate, overelegant,
   overlabored, overworked, overwrought, palatial, papery, particular,
   peachy, peewee, penalize, penalty, pestled, petty, picturesque,
   pinpoint, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving,
   pleasureful, plush, pointed, polished, porous, posh, positively,
   powdered, powdery, precise, precisely, precisianistic,
   precisionistic, pretty, pretty-pretty, prime, princely, profitable,
   proud, pubescent, pulchritudinous, pulverant, pulverized,
   pulverulent, punctilious, punctual, punishment, quality, quite,
   rainless, rare, rarefied, rather, razor-edged, really, recondite,
   reduced to powder, refined, regal, religious, religiously exact,
   reparation, rewarding, rich, right, righto, rigid, rigorous,
   ripping, ritzy, robust, rococo, royal, royally, satin, satiny,
   satisfactory, satisfying, scaly, scientific, scientifically exact,
   scobicular, scobiform, sconce, scrupulous, scrutinizing, scurfy,
   seemly, select, selective, sensitive, sequestrate, set, severe,
   sharded, sharp, sheer, shredded, silky, skillful, slender,
   slenderish, slight, slight-made, slim, slimmish, slinky, small,
   smooth, sophisticated, sound, splendacious, splendid, splendidly,
   splendiferous, square, stately, strict, striking, subtile, subtle,
   sumptuous, sunny, superb, superfancy, superfine, superior, supreme,
   sure, sure thing, surely, svelte, swank, swanky, sweet, swell,
   sylphlike, tactful, tax, teeny, teeny-weeny, tenuous, thin,
   thin-bodied, thin-set, thin-spun, thinned, thinned-out, thinnish,
   threadlike, tiny, to be sure, top-drawer, trifling, triturated,
   truly, two-edged, uncompact, uncompressed, undarkened, undeviating,
   unerring, unsubstantial, useful, vague, valid, vaporous,
   velutinous, velvety, very good, very well, virtuoso, virtuous,
   wasp-waisted, watered, watered-down, watery, weak, wee, welcome,
   well, well and good, well-made, why yes, willowy, windy, wiredrawn,
   wispy, worthy, yea, yeah, yep, yes, yes indeed, yes indeedy,
   yes sir, yes sirree

[11] : Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)

fine adj. wpi good, but not good enough to be cuspy. the word
   `fine' is used elsewhere, of course, but without the implicit comparison
   to the higher level implied by cuspy.


see also:
cuspy 

[12] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

fine. this word has various significations. it is employed, 1. to mean a sum 
of money, which, by judgment of a competent jurisdiction, is required to be 
paid for the punishment of an offence. 2. to designate the amount paid by 
the tenant, on his entrance, to the lord. 3. to signify a special kind of 
conveyance. 

[13] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

fine, conveyance, practice. an amicable composition or agreement of a suit, 
either actual or fictitious, by leave of the court, by which the lands in 
question become, or are acknowledged to be the right of one of the parties. 
co. litt. 120; 2 bl. com. 349; bac. abr. fines and recoveries. a fine is so 
called, because it puts an end, not only to the suit thus commenced, but 
also to all other suits and controversies concerning the same matter. such 
concords, says doddridge, eng. lawyer, 84, 85, have been in use in the 
civil law, and are called transactions q.v. whereof they say thus: 
transactiones sunt de eis quae in controversia sunt, a, lite futura aut 
pendente ad certam compositionem reducuntur, dando aliquid vel accipiendo. 
or shorter, thus: transactio est de re dubia et lite ancipite ne dum ad 
finem ducta, non gratuita pactio. it is commonly defined an assurance by 
matter of record, and is founded upon a supposed previously existing right, 
and upon a writ requiring the party to perform his covenant; although a fine 
may be levied upon any writ by which lands may be demanded, charged, or 
bound. it has also been defined an acknowledgment on record of a previous 
gift or feoffment, and prima facie carries a fee, although it may be limited 
to an estate for life or in fee tail. prest. on convey. 200, 202, 268, 269 2 
bl. com. 348-9. 
     2. the stat. 18 e. i., called modus levandi fines, declares and 
regulates the manner in which they should be levied and carried on and that 
is as follows: 1. the party to whom the land is conveyed or assured, 
commences an action at law against the other, generally an action of 
covenant, by suing out of a writ of praecipe, called a writ of covenant, 
that the one shall convey the lands to the other, on the breach of which 
agreement the action is brought. the suit being thus commenced, then 
follows, 
     2. the licentia concordandi, or leave to compromise the suit. 3. the 
concord or agreement itself, after leave obtained by the court; this is 
usually an acknowledgment from the deforciants, that the lands in question 
are the lands of the complainants. 4. the note of the fine, which is only an 
abstract of the writ of covenant, and the concord naming the parties, the 
parcels of land, and the agreement. 5. the foot of the fine or the 
conclusion of it, which includes the whole matter, reciting the parties, 
day, year, and place, and before whom it was acknowledged or levied. 
     3. fines thus levied, are of four kinds. 1. what in law french is 
called a fine sur cognizance de droit, come ceo que il ad de son done; or a 
fine upon the acknowledgment of the right of the cognizee, as that which he 
has of the gift of the cognizor. this fine is called a feoffment of record. 
2. a fine sur cognizance de droit tantum, or acknowledgment of the right 
merely. 3. a fine sur concessit, is where the cognizor, in order to make an 
end of disputes, though he acknowledges no precedent right, yet grants to 
the consignee an estate de novo, usually for life or years, by way of a 
supposed composition. 4. a fine sur done grant et render, which is a double 
fine, comprehending the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo, c., and the 
fine sur concessit; and may be used to convey particular limitations of 
estate, and to persons who are strangers, or not named in the writ of the 
covenant, whereas the fine sur cognizance de droit come ceo c., conveys 
nothing but an absolute estate either of inheritance, or at least of 
freehold. salk. 340. in this last species of fines, the cognizee, after the 
right is acknowledged to be in him, grants back again, or renders to the 
cognizor, or perhaps to a stranger some other estate in the premises. 2 bl. 
com. 348 to 358. see cruise on fines; vin. abr. fine; sheph. touch. c. 2; 
bac. ab. fines and recoveries; com. dig. fine. 

[14] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

fine, criminal law. pecuniary punishment imposed by a lawful tribunal, upon 
a person convicted of crime or misdemeanor. see shep. touchs. 2; bac. abr. 
fines and amercements. 
     2. the amount of the fine is frequently left to the discretion of the 
court, who ought to proportion the fine to the offence. to prevent the abuse 
of excessive fines, the constitution of the united states directs that 
"excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor 
cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." amendm. to the constitution, art. 
8. see division of opinion. 

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