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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
fine
    adv 1: an expression of agreement normally occurring at the
           beginning of a sentence [syn: very well, fine,
           alright, all right, OK]
    2: in a delicate manner; "finely shaped features"; "her fine
       drawn body" [syn: finely, fine, delicately,
       exquisitely]
    adj 1: 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,
           fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory]
    2: minutely precise especially in differences in meaning; "a
       fine distinction"
    3: thin in thickness or diameter; "a fine film of oil"; "fine
       hairs"; "read the fine print"
    4: 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"
    5: of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances
       consisting of relatively small 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, harsh]
    6: free from impurities; having a high or specified degree of
       purity; "gold 21 carats fine"
    n 1: money extracted as a penalty [syn: fine, mulct,
         amercement]
    v 1: 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, fine]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
fine \fine\ (f[imac]n), a. [Compar. finer (f[imac]n"[~e]r);
   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.
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            The gain thereof [is better] than fine gold. --Prov.
                                                  iii. 14.
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            A cup of wine that's brisk and fine.  --Shak.
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            Not only the finest gentleman of his time, but one
            of the finest scholars.               --Felton.
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            To soothe the sick bed of so fine a being [Keats].
                                                  --Leigh Hunt.
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   2. Aiming at show or effect; loaded with ornament;
      overdressed or overdecorated; showy.
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            He gratified them with occasional . . . fine
            writing.                              --M. Arnold.
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   3. Nice; delicate; subtle; exquisite; artful; skillful;
      dexterous.
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            The spider's touch, how exquisitely fine! --Pope.
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            The nicest and most delicate touches of satire
            consist in fine raillery.             --Dryden.
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            He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a
            woman.                                --T. Gray.
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   4. Not coarse, gross, or heavy; as:
      (a) Not gross; subtile; thin; tenous.
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                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.
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   5. Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its
      composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
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   6. (Used ironically.)
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            Ye have made a fine hand, fellows.    --Shak.
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   Note: Fine is often compounded with participles and
         adjectives, modifying them adverbially; a, fine-drawn,
         fine-featured, fine-grained, fine-spoken, fine-spun,
         etc.
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   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.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fine \Fine\, v. i.
   To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3
   (b) . [R.]
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             Men fined for the king's good will; or that he
             would remit his anger; women fined for leave to
             marry.                               --Hallam.
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4. 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.]
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fine \Fine\ (f[imac]n), 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.]

6. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fine \Fine\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fined (f[imac]nd); p. pr. &
   vb. n. Fining.] [From Fine, a.]
   1. To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to
      fine gold.
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            It hath been fined and refined by . . . learned men.
                                                  --Hobbes.
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   2. To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.;
      as. to fine the soil. --L. H. Bailey.
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   3. To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a
      ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
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            I often sate at home
            On evenings, watching how they fined themselves
            With gradual conscience to a perfect night.
                                                  --Browning.
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7. 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.
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8. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Fine \Fine\ (f[imac]n), 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.
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            Is this the fine of his fines?        --Shak.
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   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.
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   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.
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   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.
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9. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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10. The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003)
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.


11. 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. 



12. 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. 



13. 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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