Of cloth, yarn, garments, etc.: fine in texture or structure. Now rare.
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释义 | the world > matter > constitution of matter > other specific kinds of texture > [adjective] > fine (16) smalleOE Of cloth, yarn, garments, etc.: fine in texture or structure. Now rare. subtlea1382 Of fine or delicate texture or composition. Now rare. subtilea1398 Of fine or delicate texture or composition; delicately formed; (of food) light; = subtle, adj. 8. Obsolete. finec1400 Delicate in structure or texture; made or formed of minute particles or slender threads or filaments; not coarse or rough. Frequently of a garment… tearc1400 Fine, delicate; of the best quality. (Said esp. of flour and hemp.) Obsolete. delicate?a1425 Exceptionally or beautifully fine in texture, substance, structure, etc.; very soft; gracefully slender or slight. fine-spuna1555 Spun or drawn out to a very thin, narrow, or fine form; delicate in texture; flimsy. Frequently (and in earliest use) in figurative contexts. filmy1604 Of extremely delicate or silky texture; (also) consisting of slender filaments, like gossamer. cypress1605 attributive (or adj.). Resembling cypress in texture; gauze-like. thin-spun1638 Spun thinly; drawn out in spinning to a slender thread. Also figurative. curious1665 Of materials: Fine, delicate. Obsolete. filmlike1804 = filmy, adj. (in various senses). feathery1864 Resembling feathers or plumes. in lightness. Hence of immaterial things: Light, fickle. Of material things: Light, flimsy. pinpoint1899 Very fine in texture or structure; characterized by or patterned with very small points. Subcategories:— papery (2) |
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