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Definition of Fine

Fine
Fine Fine, adv. 1. Finely; well; elegantly; fully; delicately; mincingly. [Obs., Dial., or Colloq.] 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.
Fine
Fine Fine (f[imac]n), 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.
Fine
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.
Fine
Fine Fine, 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. Is this the fine of his fines? --Shak. 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. 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. 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.
Fine
Fine Fine, v. t. & i. [OF. finer, F. finir. See Finish, v. t.] To finish; to cease; or to cause to cease. [Obs.]

Meaning of Fine from wikipedia

- fine may refer to. legal : fine (penalty), financial punishment. fine of lands , an obsolete type of land conveyance to a new owner
- 'f.i.n.e.' is a song by the american hard rock band aerosmith . it was written by lead singer steven tyler and lead guitarist joe perry
- fine was created in 1998 and is an informal association of the four main fair trade networks: f fairtrade labelling organizations
- a fine is money paid usually to superior authority , usually governmental authority, as a punishment for a crime or other offence .
- fine art, from the 17th century on, has meant art form s developed primarily for aesthetics , distinguishing them from applied arts that
- reuben fine (october 11, 1914 – march 26, 1993) was one of the strongest chess players in the world from the early 1930s through the 1940s
- fine chemicals are complex, single, pure chemical substances. they are produced in limited volumes ( $10/kg) according to exacting
- term fine defn of a position on the field behind the batsman, closer to the line of the pitch (wicket-to-wicket); the opposite of square.
- fine motor skill is the coordination of small muscle movements which occur in body parts such as the fingers, usually in coordination with
- particle s with diameter of 10 micrometre s or less), fine particles (diameter of 2.5 micrometres or less, 'ultrafine particles ,' and soot .