| 单词 | fine-tapering |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfine-tapering Compounds C1. a. Parasynthetic, as fine-skinned, fine-threaded, fine-witted, etc. ΚΠ 1540 J. Wallop Let. 5 July in State Papers Henry VIII (1849) VIII. v. 379 These thinges theye gathered of suche brewtes as they had hard of the said Prevey Seal, before knowing hym to be fyne witted. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. iv. sig. Kk4 My fine-witted wench Artesia. 1630 M. Drayton Noahs Floud in Muses Elizium 97 The fine-furd Ermin. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes i. ii. 69 in Wks. II A fine pac'd gentleman. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. vi. 118/2 A Grafting Knife, and a fine pointed Pen-Knife. 1701 London Gaz. No. 3748/4 A black Gelding..fine Skin'd. 1751 R. Paltock Life Peter Wilkins I. xxix. 285 A very fine feathered Creature. 1833 J. F. W. Herschel Astronomy ii. 84 A fine-threaded screw. 1849 J. H. Parker Introd. Study Gothic Archit. ii. 45 Fine jointed masonry. 1920 S. Lewis Main St. iii. 21 A black haired, fine skinned girl whose pumps rested on an immaculate horsehide bag. 1940 G. H. J. Adlam & L. S. Price Higher School Certificate Inorg. Chem. (ed. 2) xiii. 83 By enclosing the mercury in a fine-meshed bag and hanging it in silver nitrate solution, a silver ‘tree’ is formed. 2009 P. Glennie & N. Thrift Shaping Day ix. 346 The last fine adjustment of its position was carried out by means of a fine threaded side-screw. b. fine-boned adj. ΚΠ 1722 J. Jones tr. Oppian Halieuticks iii. 134 The fine-bon'd Pilchard. 1839 R. S. Ford Let. 6 May in C. Darwin Corr. (1986) II. 188 The finest-boned and smallest-headed males being selected. 1959 J. Wain Travelling Woman iii. 22 The chin..at the same time fine-boned and intellectual. 2012 S. Townsend Woman who went to Bed for Year i. 2 A woman of fifty with a lovely, fine-boned face. fine-eyed adj. ΚΠ a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 79 The beauteous and fine ey'd Doves of Syria. 1771 New Hist. Biogr. & Classical Dict. at Andromache She was tall, fair, fine eyed and handsome. 1815 J. Keats Epist. to G. F. Mathew in Poems 55 The fine-eyed maid. 1962 Life 26 Oct. 34/2 A fast-acting camera recorded, with fine-eyed clarity, the launch of the big Atlas rocket. 2012 S. Fraser Infamous Marriage 14 This wasn't the beauteous, fine-eyed new Mrs. Hamilton Giles's letter had led him to expect. fine-featured adj. ΚΠ 1582 R. Stanyhurst in tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis 98 In bodye fine fewterd, a braue Brownnetta. 1657 A. Cokayne Obstinate Lady iii. i. 28 Fine-featur'd Mars. 1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure I. 181 A fine featured, shapely, healthy, country lad. 1882 Cent. Mag. June 254/1 Handsome fair-skinned, fine-featured people all. 1978 B. Freemantle Clap Hands iv. 26 A fine-featured..man who affected pastel coloured shirts with matching socks. 2003 Field & Stream June 70/2 Samuel is soft-spoken and fine-featured, with the bearing and appearance of a campus intellectual. fine-leaved adj. ΚΠ 1621 M. Wroth Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 1 The tree with full, and fine leaued branches, growing proud. 1733 Pract. Husbandman & Planter I. 1470 The fine leaved Accacia, and sensitive Plants of all sorts. 1885 T. Baines (title) Greenhouse & stove plants, flowering and fine-leaved, palms, [etc.]. 1952 A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 174 [Edraianthus] tenuifolius, blue, fine-leaved. 2014 Sunday Express (Nexis) 24 Aug. Mag. 50 Fine-leaved varieties rustle gently, while those with larger, coarser leaves..give off a faint rattle. fine-spirited adj. ΚΠ 1725 J. Draper Ess. upon Friendship 30 Horace, that open, free, fine spirited Antient. 1890 F. J. Child Eng. & Sc. Pop. Ballads IV. vii. ccxi. 145/2 It is a fine-spirited ballad as it stands. 1952 Billboard 23 Aug. 40/2 The ork [= orchestra] generates a fine-spirited play and sets a solid beat. 2000 Network World 22 May 63/2 Embar, fine-spirited public figure that he is, has gone even higher in our estimation by releasing the programs to the public for free. fine-textured adj. ΚΠ 1700 J. Jones Myst. Opium Reveal'd xv. 202 It causes ill Symptoms oftner..in fine textur'd Men, than the robust. 1810 T. Mortimer Gen. Dict. Commerce, Trade, & Manuf. at Norwich manufactories The gravity of the Spaniard was suited in his plain, but fine-textured camblett. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 3 Oct. 3/2 The addition of some very fine textured lace. 2004 Hairstyle Summer 13 Straight, fine-textured hair receives catwalk-ready panache thanks to a skilful cut. fine-toned adj. ΚΠ 1740 Catal. Particulars Dwelling House J. Eyles 5 A fine ton'd harpsichord. 1870 D. Rock Textile Fabrics (S. Kensington Mus.) Introd. p. lxvii A fine toned yellow as a ground. 1950 Life 5 June 4/1 (advt.) It's a fine-toned radio and a G-E electric clock that tells time in the dark. 2010 Sowetan (Nexis) 1 June You'd be hard-pressed to recall names other than these well-paid, fine-toned athletes. fine-tubed adj. ΚΠ 1841 London Med. Gaz. 29 Oct. 845/2 The suspected liquid is introduced by the open tube through a fine-tubed funnel. 1915 Jrnl. Morphol. 26 81 The anterior conical extremity of the tooth is formed of osteodentine... Immediately posterior to this begins the true fine-tubed dentine. 1999 Functional Ecol. 13 180/1 The internal reproductive organs, excluding testes and fine-tubed vas deferens, were dissected out and weighed. C2. With present participles, forming adjectives, as fine-appearing, fine-dividing, fine-smelling, fine-tasting, fine-tapering, etc.Sometimes with adverbial force; cf. Compounds 3. a. ΚΠ 1585 Queenes Maiesties Entertainement at Woodstock sig. Cv There was deuised many excellente and fine smelling Nosegayes. 1663 T. Southland Love a la Mode iv. i. 50 A fine appearing gloss of sanctity. 1744 J. Thomson Spring in Seasons (new ed.) 18 The Rod fine-tapering with elastic Spring. 1793 J. Thelwall Peripatetic III. 15 Superstition's self Could turn warm Nature's fine-vibrating throb To dreams of antic Mysticism. 1807 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. (ed. 7) xii. 310 Of this genus is the very fine-smelling plant vulgarly called Baum of Gilead. 1879 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 174 Brains and fine-dividing tongue. 1936 Life 21 Dec. 29/2 (advt.) With mild, fine-tasting Camels, you keep in tune with the cheery spirit of Christmas-tide. 1959 Pop. Mech. June 241 (advt.) Each type gives you a weatherproof, paint-saving, long-life, fine-appearing exterior. 2003 Horticulture Mar. 66/1 The cloudlike masses of fine-flowering tufted hair grass. b. fine-feeling adj. ΚΠ a1764 C. Churchill Journey (1765) 6 Fine feeling creature, all in tears. 1817 Ld. Byron Let. 4 June (1976) V. 235 I have had a letter from Mr. Hodgson—maudlin & fine-feeling. 1946 Life 22 July (verso front cover) (advt.) A fine-feeling, perfectly-balanced, man's sized pen that performs the way he wants it to. 2014 Sun (Nexis) 17 Oct. The interior is typically Volkswagen—fine-feeling material quality, durable build and user-friendliness. fine-looking adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective] > of fine or dignified appearance manfulc1425 handsome1590 fine-looking1754 fine1777 1754 E. Kimber Hist. Life & Adventures Mr. Anderson 176 Ten minutes brought down stairs a fine looking man. 1842 Mag. Hort. Dec. 459 A fine looking winter pear, of aristocratic origin, from an ancient tree. 1934 Pop. Sci. May 71/1 (heading) Fine-looking hand-wrought hardware. 2002 Washington Post (Nexis) 26 May w3 Your average Washingtonian is a fine-looking individual: modestly proportioned, pleasant-featured, alert, at least moderately graceful. fine-sounding adj. ΚΠ 1672 J. Davies Anc. Rites Durham 9 Very fine sounding silver Bells. 1759 B. Stillingfleet tr. Misc. Tracts Nat. Hist. 9 Fine sounding, and empty words. 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 35 The names of the animals are always fine-sounding. 1919 Music News 21 Mar. 26/3 The church and a fine-sounding $4,000 organ were dedicated last Sunday. 2015 Canberra Times (Nexis) 23 July Fine-sounding rhetoric without a sound basis. C3. Adverbial. a. With past participles, forming adjectives, as fine-bred, fine-dressed, fine set, etc. ΚΠ c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2766 (MED) Fyne wroȝt fellis. 1600 J. Lane Tom Tel-Troths Message 235 These mincing maides and fine trict truls, ride post To Plutoes pallace. 1678 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises I. vi. Explan. Terms 109 Fine set, the Irons of Plains..are set fine, when..in working they take off a thin shaving. 1691 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. 239 As the laborious Spider weaves her fine-wrought Web. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 111 Many a fine-bred gentleman has been ruin'd by a title. 1778 Encycl. Brit. III. 2292/2 With some fine-pounded charcoal..rub over the pierced lines. 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village I. 185 The fine sifted mould of the shrubberies. 1879 Pet-stock, Pigeon & Poultry Bull. 9 30/1 Not measuring so long in feather, but..with excellent shaped, fine set legs. 1951 R. P. Hobson Grass beyond Mountains (2004) x. 96 He's too small and fine-built for any stud we want. 1980 Newsweek (Nexis) 14 Jan. 81 A foxy, fine-bred face whose sensitive eyes and alert, sharp nose are somewhat negated by a weak, thin mouth. 2015 EKantipur.com (Nepal) (Nexis) 18 Jan. This modus operandi worked well as guards did not suspect that this fine-dressed man could resort to stealing. b. With verbs, forming verbs, as fine-burnish, fine-finish, etc. See also fine-draw v., fine-tune v., etc. ΚΠ 1818 J. H. Reynolds in Yellow Dwarf 28 Feb. 68/1 Mr. White called forth all his sweetest words, and fine-pointed his sentences. 1833 J. Holland Treat. Manuf. Metal II. 40 Women, who carefully fine-burnish the bows with a polished steel instrument. 1870 J. H. Ewing Brownies 196 Nurse must sit up..fine-darning great..holes in Amelia's muslin dresses. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXIX. 162/1 The interior of the jacket and other hoops are..finished before the exterior of the barrel is fine-turned. 1979 M. Palin Diary 2 Feb. in Python Years (2006) 532 Julian is finding it almost impossible to spend any time on his own fine-cutting the movie without constant interruptions. 2005 A. St. John Clapton's Guitar xxi. 194 Wayne devoted more time and obvious care to fine-finishing the braces than he did to..putting the inlays on the fingerboard. C4. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > furnace or kiln > furnace > [noun] > glass-making furnaces > specific areas fine-arch1816 pot arch1819 bank1828 siege1839 glass-oven1875 1816 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) X. 309/1 The mixture is then put into the fine arch, where it is again calcined during the working journey. 1828 S. F. Gray Operative Chemist 556 The pots are re-filled with the red hot materials out of the fine arch, which takes about six hours to melt. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 847/1 Fine-arch, the smaller fritting-furnance of a glass-house. fine-axe v. Building (now rare) transitive to smooth the surface of (stone) by tapping with a mason's axe; usually in passive. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > build or construct with stone [verb (transitive)] > other processes raggle1525 pin1680 rusticate1715 heart1776 tool1815 boast1823 fine-axe1834 ashlar1836 riprap1837 stroke1842 ditch1865 wraggle1875 bush-hammera1884 thorough-bind1884 1834 Standard 10 Apr. Its surface throughout is, according to technical language, ‘fine-axed’ (not polished or rubbed). 1895 Daily News 18 June 6/4 All kinds of Scotch granites, polished and fine-axed. 1923 Construction Aug. 290/2 To fine axe the surface by a series of taps given at right angles to the surface previously operated upon. 1967 I. H. Seeley Munic. Engin. Pract. iii. 69 1967 I. H. Seeley iii. 69 Stone kerbs can be finished in various ways on their exposed faces, for instance..sandstone kerbs may be fine axed, coarse axed, rough punched or sawn. fine-axed adj. Building (of stone) that has had the surface smoothed by tapping with a mason's axe. ΚΠ 1840 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. Sept. 308/2 (table) 9,370 cubic feet of Aberdeen granite, with a fine axed face, joints and beds included. 1906 Reporter (Chicago) Aug. 81/4 (advt.) Fine axed work a specialty. 2013 Warrnambool (Austral.) Standard (Nexis) 9 Oct. 2 Rock-faced and fine-axed basalt was used in the additions, with the slate roof accented by half gables. fine boring n. the action or process of smoothing the inside of a bore (bore n.1 2a) in a metallic object, esp. the barrel of a gun. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > [noun] > manufacture of firearms and ammunition > processes in fine boring1789 chambering1827 percussioning1846 coiling1862 reinforcing1868 actioning1871 blowing1881 tubage1882 flint-knapping1887 chase-hooping1888 zeroing1908 sighting-in1958 1789 tr. G. F. Magné De Marolles Ess. Shooting ii. 20 It now remains to smooth the inside of the barrel, and remove the marks left by the boring instrument. This operation is termed fine boring. [No corresponding sentence in the French original.] 1813 ‘T. Martin’ Circle Mech. Arts 393/1 The French use hard solder that requires great heat, which is apt to injure the inside [of the gun] so much as to require a repetition of fine-boring. 1890 Stevens Indicator Oct. 299 The next step in construction is the fine boring which is accomplished by a succession of reamers used with a special lubricant, which insures the hole to be the exact size of the reamer. 1919 Amer. Machinist 3 July 14/2 For fine boring a head of the type illustrated..is employed. 1991 Metalworking Production Sept. 86 (advt.) Our finishing processes produce very tight tolerance bores..very tight finishes..and very fast stock removal rates (faster than reaming and fine boring). 2005 H. Yamagata Sci. & Technol. Materials in Automotive Engines ii. 38 To expose Si particles, the bore surface is chemically etched or mechanically finished after fine boring. fine dining n. (esp. in early use) the action or practice of eating well; (in later use chiefly) the action or practice of dining in a formal setting (typically an expensive restaurant) where high quality or gourmet food is served; frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [noun] lickerousnessc1380 lickerousheadc1450 lickerishness1580 friandise1603 epicurisma1620 gastrology1810 gastronomy1814 gastrophilism1814 gormandize1814 esuriency1819 gourmanderie1823 deipnosophism1824 gastrosophy1824 aristology1835 gourmandism1850 gourmetism1853 opsophagy1854 fine dining1940 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [adjective] deipnosophistic1661 apician1699 esurient1821 gastronomic1828 gastronomical1842 gastrological1851 aristological1873 fine dining1940 1940 Life 8 Jan. 35/2 (advt.) The flavor of Swift's Premium Frankfurts is famous among people who appreciate fine dining! 1970 Arizona Republic 2 Mar. 39/7 (advt.) Rodehouse Restaurant, Phoenix' newest fine dining restaurant. 1979 J. S. Clancy Not Station but Place 72 Reading M. F. K. Fisher on food may be an even richer experience than fine dining. 1986 Cincinnati Mag. Sept. 132/3 Benjamins is fast becoming one of Cincinnati's most popular fine-dining restaurants. 1994 Sunday Times (Nexis) 18 Dec. The Lobster Pot is the best in town, seafood as a ‘fine dining’ experience. 2015 P. Scanlan Time for Friends v. 46 He had reservations for dinner in Guilbaud's, but tonight she wasn't in the mood for fine dining, hovering waiters, and overrich food. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > sharpness of edge or point > sharpen (a thing) [verb (transitive)] > sharpen edge edgea800 feather-edge1648 feather1782 fine-edge1824 1824 Mechanic's Mag. No. 46. 280 Easy mode of fine-edging a Razor. fine-edged adj. (of a knife or tool) that has a fine or sharp cutting edge, also figurative and in figurative contexts. ΚΠ 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Acûtus Sharpe, fine edged. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xi. 299 He became dull and blunt in manner of a keene and fine edged sword. 1770 G. Smith tr. Laboratory (ed. 5) iv. 114 Cut them with a fine edged knife in thin round slices. 1857 Repertory Patent Inventions 30 350 A composition for sharpening and setting fine edged cutting instruments. 1948 E. E. Dale & M. L. Wardell Hist. Okla. xix. 418 Whetstones..used by men who work with small-pointed or fine-edged tools. 2006 New Yorker 13 Mar. 88/3 The..transcript of the trial enraged him, and his pardoning statement is strong and fine-edged. fine etcher n. Printing and Photography (now historical) a person whose job involves skilled or complex etching; cf. etch v.2 1a. ΚΠ 1895 Standard 3 July 11/6 (advt.) A photo-enlarging firm in Edinburgh Requires a really good Fine Etcher, one accustomed to the enameling process. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) § 526 Fine etcher,..an experienced etcher capable of undertaking all etching processes except line etching. 2011 G. Saxby Sci. Imaging (ed. 2) xii. 174 For the finest quality color work most of the final correction was entrusted to the skill of a fine-etcher, who worked from the proofs and made small corrections to the printing plates with a fine paintbrush and nitric acid. fine-fibred adj. (a) (of a substance, material, etc.) having fine fibres, fine-grained; (b) figurative (of a person) having a fine or delicate nature or constitution, refined (now rare).Opposed to coarse-fibred adj. at coarse adj. Compounds 3. ΚΠ 1811 Mem. Philadelphia Soc. for Promoting Agric. 2 216 Some fleeces..consisting of very fine-fibred wool. 1872 O. W. Holmes Poet at Breakfast-table x. 323 Coarse-fibred and fine-fibred people. 1918 Christian Reg. (Boston) 19 Sept. 914/2 They [sc. humble men and women] are fine-fibred through and through; even if..rough bark still may cling. 1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) xiii. 250/1 Curing..is best adapted to those [meats] with a high fat content, e.g. pork or fine-fibred beef. 2014 Proc. National Acad. Sci. Amer. 107 8685 (caption) Brightfield and polarized images of..caudal vertebrae... Fine-fibered bone. fine food n. high quality, luxury, or gourmet food, esp. as appreciated by those of sophisticated or refined taste; (in plural, often in commercial contexts) items or types of such food collectively. ΚΠ 1762 T. Smollett et al. tr. Voltaire Wks. XXXIII. 2 You tasteless guests, to you fine food [Fr. l'aliment le plus doux] seems vile. 1839 W. Chambers & R. Chambers Moral Class Bk. 58 One who is fond of fine food, is called an epicure. 1899 Outlook 6 May 94/2 Swift' s Fine Foods... Nothing but the best prepared the best. 1932 Collier's 9 Jan. 41/2 A fine food shop in New York..sells..kangaroo-tail soup, shark's-fin soup..and snails in shells. 1991 Down East July 14/1 (advt.) Indulge in a variety of fine foods served with the same measure of perfection you'll find in everything our staff does. 2008 Observer 10 Feb. 3/1 Among those anointed by her new book is Fratelli Camisa, an Italian fine food supplier, for its martelli pasta. fine granular adj. composed of small grains, granules, or particles. ΚΠ 1798 G. Mitchell tr. D. L. G. Karsten Descr. Minerals in Leskean Mus. I. ii. 121 Pinchbeck brown Mica, with partly small, partly fine Granular [Ger. fein-körnigen] distinct concretions. 1870 F. Prime tr. B. von Cotta Treat. Ore Deposits 106 Quartz..often occurs as grains, without crystalline structure, in the fine granular rock. 1921 Evening Gaz. (Xenia, Ohio) 16 May 8 Fine granular cereals may be mixed first with a small amount of cold water to prevent lumping; then add boiling water. 1959 Jrnl. Range Managem. 12 239/3 The surface soils are about 12 inches thick, with a dark grayish-brown color, sandy-loam texture, and a weak fine-granular structure. 2015 J. Tobias & D. Hochhauser Cancer & its Managem. (ed. 7) xii. 214/1 Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is characterized by a diffused growth of small cells with fine granular nuclei, inconspicuous nucleoli and scanty cytoplasm. fine-groove n. the narrow groove on a long-playing record; frequently attributive, esp. in fine-groove record. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > groove groove1902 track1904 fine-groove1948 microgroove1948 locked groove1956 coarse groove1958 run-in1962 1948 Audio Engin. Sept. 47/2 (advt.) Clarkstan High Fidelity Wide Range Pickup..plays new fine groove long playing records. 1960 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. IV. 241/2 The coarse groove is used in 78-rpm records, the fine groove in 45- and 33⅓-rpm records, and the ultrafine groove in 16⅔-rpm records. 2009 G. Brock-Nannestad in N. Cook et al. Cambr. Compan. Recorded Music vii. 167 The development of fine-groove records meant that all development of equipment suitable for reproducing coarse-groove records, in particular pickups, was halted. fine-haired adj. †(a) having a good or attractive head of hair (obsolete); (b) having slender or downy hairs, soft-haired (cf. fine hair n.); (c) colloquial (chiefly U.S.) excessively refined or fastidious; snobbish, self-important, ‘stuck up’ (now somewhat rare). ΚΠ 1706 M. Drift Greek Gram. 55 Fine hair'd..from..caput comatum habeo to have a lovely head of Hair. 1868 Amer. Agric. Mar. 81/3 Experiments in introducing the fine-haired goats of Cashmere and Thibet into Southern India, to produce this fine fleece, have failed. 1872 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Sentinel 27 July The fine-haired chaps in Des Moines wear corsets. 1917 Shoe & Leather Reporter 27 Sept. 246/1 Outersoles..to be cut from fine haired, dry or green salted hides. 1994 R. Hendrickson Happy Trails 94 I despise all you fine-haired sons of bitches. 2007 Pop. Photogr. June 61/2 You can remove it with a small fine-haired paintbrush—if you're skillful. fine-headed adj. †(a) having a fine mind, clever; subtle or ingenious in argument; given to making fine distinctions (obsolete); (b) having an attractive, well-formed, or fine-featured head (in various senses) (now somewhat rare).In sense (b) originally and frequently with reference to livestock and other domesticated animals, as having a head showing traits regarded as particularly desirable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > intelligence, cleverness > [adjective] keena1000 nimbleOE wittya1100 smeighc1200 understandingc1200 aperta1330 skillwisea1340 witted1377 intelligiblea1382 well-feelinga1382 knowinga1398 finec1400 large?a1425 well-knowingc1425 of understanding1428 capax1432 sententiousc1440 well-wittedc1450 intellectual?a1475 clean1485 industriousc1487 intellective1509 cleanlyc1540 ingenious?a1560 fine-headed1574 conceited1579 conceitful1594 intelligenced1596 dexter1597 ingenuous1598 intelligent1598 senseful1598 parted1600 thinking1605 dexterical1607 solert1612 apprehensivea1616 dexterous1622 solertic1623 intelligential1646 callent1656 cunning1671 thoughtful1674 perceptive1696 clever1716 uptaking1756 spiritual1807 bright1815 gnostic1819 knowledgeable1825 brainy1845 opulent1851 opening1872 super-cerebral1916 brainiac1976 the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > with delicacy delicatea1533 finea1566 fine-headed1574 nice1593 refining1595 choice1601 refined1607 point-device1639 exquisite1643 nice-discerning1745 feelingful1943 1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians i. f. 24v Heere S. Paule sheweth that he ment not..to haue it sayd of him that he was a fineheaded fellow [Fr. subtil], or a wyze and excellent man. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie li. 307 Some..which are so fine headded [Fr. subtils] that they will make God a lyer. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. xvii. 376 The finer-headed [L. versutior], and more subtle-brained a man is. a1652 R. Brome Court Begger ii. i. sig. O6, in Five New Playes (1653) A fine-handed, and a fine headed fellow he is. 1721 Evening Post 28 Oct. (advt.) Stray'd or Stolen.., 1 fine headed Heifer, all Black, coming 3 Years old. 1844 B. R. Haydon Lect. Painting & Des. vii. 314 A friend may have a very fine head, use it of course, but do not paint a fine-headed friend..charging at the battle of Cheronea. 1907 Country Gentleman 3 Oct. 930/3 Fine-headed lettuce commands about 50 or 60 cents a dozen at wholesale. 2009 Toronto Star (Nexis) 8 Aug. s4 The founding father of North American harness horses was a handsome, fine-headed bay named Hambletonian. fine herbs n. Cookery a mixture of delicately flavoured herbs (now typically parsley, tarragon, chervil, and chives) used finely chopped or whole in (esp. French) cooking, as a flavouring or garnish; = fines herbes n.In quot. 1584 not a fixed collocation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > bunch or mixture of herbs fine herbs1584 ravigote1733 fines herbes?1750 bouquet1846 bouquet garni1846 1584 A. W. Bk. Cookry f. 6v Take your Coney.., and take..Coraunce and some fine herbs, Peniriall, winter sauery, Parsley, Spinage or beets, sweet margerum, and chop your hearbes fine. 1653 I. D. G. tr. F. P. de la Varenne French Cook 24 Take some Veal.., mince it, and season it according to your liking with Salt and Spice, or fine Herbes. ?1781 L. Montague Housewife 43 Take away the fillets [sc. of a cod], and fill up the void space with a good fish farce, fine herbs, or chippings of bread and butter. 1898 F. K. Stanton Pract. Housekeeper & Cycl. Domest. Econ. 292/2 Scollops of calf's liver with fine herbs. 1999 Your Garden June 28/4 Parsley..is one of the main ingredients in ‘bouquet garni’ and ‘fine herbs’. 2001 Fodor's Healthy Escapes (rev. ed.) 255 Seafood cocktail, seviche of marinated sea bass and shrimp, chicken with fine herbs. fine leg n. Cricket a fielding position behind the wicket on the leg side, close to the area lying straight behind the wicketkeeper and typically near the boundary; (also) a fielder in this position. Cf. sense A. 22. ΚΠ 1886 Times of India 13 Aug. 6/3 After several singles another 4 came from Spofforth, placed to fine-leg by Shrewsbury. 1897 K. S. Ranjitsinhji Jubilee Bk. Cricket ii. 42 A fine leg is very nearly as useful for saving byes, and can also stop snicks to leg. 1963 A. Ross Australia 63 vii. 129 Harvey swung across the line of the next ball, and it went straight in and out of Sheppard's hands at short fine leg. 2012 Cricketer July 10/2 Most of my runs came through third man and fine leg, so why not post a man at fly slip? fine-line adj. consisting of, composed of, or using a thin or delicate line or lines. ΚΠ 1921 A. Skinner Notes Iroquois Archeol. 77 Fine-line etching on bone objects seems to have been a favorite mode of embellishment. 1994 Skin & Ink Nov. 16 Linda..describes her favorite style of [tattooing] work as fine-line realism. 2001 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Sept. d26/1 [A] real estate photographer..distinguished by his fedora, fine-line mustache and healthy length of nose. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > fruit and vegetables > vegetables > herb > [noun] > oregano or marjoram organOE marjorama1393 origanuma1398 organuma1450 marjoram gentle1538 orgament1552 english marjoram1578 pot marjoram1578 fine marjoram1597 winter marjoram1597 orgamy1609 winter sweet marjoram1640 origany1728 oregano1959 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > sweet or pot marjoram marjorama1393 origanuma1398 organuma1450 marjoram gentle1538 orgament1552 english marjoram1578 pot marjoram1578 fine marjoram1597 winter marjoram1597 orgamy1609 winter sweet marjoram1640 origany1728 wintersweet1846 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 539 Marierome is called..in English Sweete Marierome, Fine Marierome, and Marierome gentle; of the best sort Maiorane. 1655 Natura Exenterata 398 Then take Lavender speck, fine Marjoram and Basill, the leaves of each mingled together. 1856 J. C. Oehlschlager tr. W. Vollmer U.S. Cook Bk. vi. 54 Stir together half a pound of melted butter, eight whole eggs, some salt, grated nutmeg, fine marjoram and thyme. 1907 Country Gentleman 24 Jan. 91/2 Add the pepper pulp and three tablespoonfuls of fine marjoram. fine-palated adj. †(a) having a pleasant taste, palatable (obsolete rare); (b) having a sophisticated palate (palate n. 2a); appreciative of fine food and drink. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > savouriness > [adjective] likingeOE goodOE lickerousc1275 deliciousa1325 daintya1382 dainteousc1386 daintiful1393 delicatea1398 merrya1398 savourlyc1400 liciousc1420 savourousa1425 daintethc1430 lustyc1430 feelsomea1450 nuttya1450 seasonablea1475 delicativec1475 unctuous1495 well-tasteda1500 daintive1526 savoury1533 exquisite1561 spicy1562 well-relished?1575 finger-licking1584 toothsome1584 taste-pleasinga1586 daint1590 relishsome1593 lickerish1595 tastesome1598 friand1599 tooth-tempting1603 relishing1605 well-relishing1608 neat1609 hungry1611 palate-pleasing1611 tasteful1611 palatea1617 tastya1617 palatable1619 toothful1622 sipid1623 unsoured1626 famelic1631 tasteablea1641 piquant1645 sapid1646 saporousa1670 slape1671 palativea1682 flavorous1697 nice1709 well-flavoured1717 gusty1721 flavoury1727 fine-palated1735 unrepulsive1787 degustatory1824 zesty1826 peckish1845 mouth-watering1847 flavoursome1853 unreasty1853 unrancida1855 relishy1864 toothy1864 flavoured1867 tasty-looking1867 hungrifying1886 velvety1888 snappy1892 zippy1911 savoursome1922 delish1953 the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > delicious or tasty likingeOE deliciousa1325 liciousc1420 ambrosial?1578 finger-licking1584 toothsome1584 well1598 tastya1617 toothful1622 fine-palated1735 toothy1864 scrum1877 scrumptious1894 nummy1923 delish1953 shiok1978 bess2006 1735 W. Ellis London & Country Brewer I. x. 63 The desired end of enjoying fine palated wholsome Drink. 1856 J. Henry Poems, Chiefly Philos. 202 Coarse minded, fine palated, choleric, and short breathed. 1930 Week-end Rev. 13 Sept. 345/1 Why one man should enjoy a food which repels his equally fine-palated neighbour. 2008 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 30 July 7 The often fatty roasted meats such as pork, crispy skin chicken and duck dishes that so many fine-palated people order. fine paper adj. (of an edition of a book) printed on good quality paper, esp. in fine paper copy. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > copy > [noun] > other types of copy fine paper copy1789 review book1796 advance copy1837 reading copy1847 manifold1852 review copy1859 press copy1891 working copy1897 file copy1899 binding copy1936 desk copy1942 ideal copy1949 ?1720 Proposals printing Eleven Dialogues (single sheet) No more of the Fine Paper to be Printed than Subscrib'd. 1789 in J. Home Douglas (end matter) Price 6s. in Boards the common, and 9s. the fine paper copies. 1828 Rep. Proc. Subscribers Oriental Transl. Fund 20 The Subscribers of Ten guineas each are entitled gratuitously to a fine-paper copy of every work published by the Committee. 1952 E. J. Labarre Dict. Paper (ed. 2) 104/1 Fine paper,..indicates the printing of a book on better paper than the bulk of the edition. 2013 P. Hoftijzer in M. F. Suarez & H. R. Woudhuysen Book xxv. 359 Prices ranging from three and a half guilders for a copy on ordinary paper, bound in cardboard, to seven and a half guilders for a fine paper copy, bound in satin with a slipcase. fine sight n. now rare and chiefly historical the use of the fine tip of the foresight in alignment with the base of the notch of the backsight when aiming a rifle (which results in the gun shooting lower); an instance of this; a shot aimed in this way. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > use or operation of small arms > [noun] > of musket > aim of musket fine sight1855 1855 Instr. Musketry 19 The instructor will also explain the difference between fine sight and full sight in aiming. 1902 Mil. Rifle Shooting (U.S. Cartridge Company) 108 It should be explained that the medium sight guides the bullet higher than the fine sight, and that the coarse sight places the shot still higher. 2002 J. P. Jones Three across Montana 174 I pulled a fine sight just above the rag, blinking my eyes. fine-spoken adj. using or characterized by pleasing, courteous, or eloquent speech; that speaks in a manner considered to be educated or refined; well-spoken. ΚΠ 1556 N. Grimald tr. Cicero Thre Bks. Duties ii. f. 89v The pleading of a finespoken man. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 1 Apr. (1972) VII. 87 I find him a very fine-spoken gentleman. 1750 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 26 Apr. in Lett. to Son (1774) II. 4 Be cautiously upon your guard against the infinite number of..fine-spoken chevaliers d'industrie..which swarm at Paris. 1853 T. T. Lynch Lect. Self-improvem. v. 105 The talk and airs of fine-spoken reputable people. 1929 J. H. Frere tr. Aristophanes Frogs in P. Landis Four Famous Greek Plays 273 Begin then with these same fine-spoken prologues. 2005 R. G. Wallace Tradin' Shoes iii. 37 Jesse was captivated by this fine spoken individual, listening intently to his every word. fine stuff n. Plastering plaster made with finely particulate lime and other materials, used to create a smooth finishing coat. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > plaster > [noun] > fine stucco1598 stuc1632 fine stuff1700 stookie1796 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 12 They finish the Plastering when it is almost dry..by laying a thin Coat of fine Stuff made of clean Lime, and mixt with Hair without any Sand, and setting it. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fine-stuff, the second coat of plaster for the walls of a room, composed of finely sifted lime and sand mixed with hair. 1905 F. W. Booker Elem. Pract. Building Constr. xi. 139 The student should observe a good plasterer..using his darby to form the floating coat, scratching it over with a broom, and finally putting on the setting coat of fine stuff. 2007 G. Lynch Hist. Gauged Brickwork v. 291 The final 'setting coat' of fine stuff..is often wrongly being thought of as consisting of lime putty alone. fine-toothed adj. †(a) (of a person) having a delicate or sophisticated sense of taste (obsolete rare); (b) (of a file, saw, comb, or other toothed implement) having thin, closely set teeth; (also figurative of a search or analysis) very thorough, rigorous; cf. fine-tooth adj. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > shaping tools or equipment > file > [adjective] > types of file fine-toothed1601 round-off1801 cross-cut1827 superfine1872 double-cut- society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > saw > [adjective] > type or quality of fine-toothed1601 rectilinear1847 tight1889 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > gastronomy > [adjective] > devoted to gastronomy lickerousc1315 lickerish?a1500 epicure1545 friand1598 fine-toothed1601 tender-mouthed1620 turtle-eating1760 gastronomous1828 turtle-feeding1834 gastrophilite1835 turtle-fed1847 turtly1868 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 430 As they say that be fine-toothed, and have a delicate tast. [No corresponding sentence in the French original.] 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 6 in Sylva Cover them very well with a Rake, or fine-tooth'd Harrow. 1742 J. Martyn & E. Chambers tr. Philos. Hist. & Mem. Royal Acad. Sci. Paris I. 86 The bottom of the four slits is smoothed with a fine-toothed file. 1837 Hort. Reg. Feb. 52 Any damaged roots are finished with clean cuts, either by a knife or fine toothed saw. 1908 Sewanee Rev. 16 491 His fine-toothed search for a little spot upon which to stand in his support of Mr. Bryan. 1990 S. Chatman Coming to Terms vi. 98 Neither his fine-toothed examination of the notebooks nor his equally close reading of the novel enabled him to determine whether Stepan is redeemed or not. 2000 Working Mother Sept. 107/2 (advt.) Use a fine-toothed comb to remove nits and eggs. fine wool n. and adj. (a) n.wool having fine (sense A. 17a) fibres; a sheep producing such wool; (b) adj.= fine wooled adj.The fibres of fine wool typically have a diameter of 20 microns or less. There are various breeds of sheep producing fine wool, foremost of which is the Merino sheep, which spread from Spain throughout Europe, and remains prominent today (chiefly in cross-breeds).In early use frequently difficult to distinguish from sense A. 3a, since wool having fine fibres was also highly prized. [Compare French laine fine (1547), Italian lana fina (1540), Spanish lana fina (1550).] ΚΠ 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Lana Tenuis lana,..Fine woull. 1660 J. Childrey Britannia Baconica 71 The hilly part of this County (called Castwald [sic]) abounds with fine wool, small sheep which are long-necked, and square of bulk, and bone) and hath a very pleasant air. 1788 A. Jardine Lett. from Barbary, France, &c. II. xxi. 210 We met some of the ganado merino, or fine wool sheep, in large straggling flocks. 1848 Berrow's Worcester Jrnl. 17 Feb. Fine wools have produced 2d., other qualities from 1d. to 1½d. per lb. more money than at the previous auctions. 1949 G. Wythe Brazil iv. 114 Fine wools are imported by the domestic woolen industry. Rio Grande do Sul growers have introduced desirable strains from Uruguay and Argentina. 2001 Jrnl. Range Managem. 54 84/2 Twenty-one cross-bred fine-wool lambs (1 year old) were each placed in an individual pen (1.5 x 2 m) and fed a basal ration of ground alfalfa hay. fine wooled adj. (of a sheep or sheepskin) having or producing fine wool; now chiefly historical. ΚΠ 1651 R. Child Large Let. in S. Hartlib Legacie 97 I wonder that some of our Sheep-masters have not procured of those exceeding fine-woolled Sheepe of Spaine. 1775 Scots Mag. Apr. 184/1 A particular breed of fine-wooled sheep may be really of a more tender and delicate constitution, more difficult to keep, and less profitable to the owner. 1859 Daily Evening Bull. (San Francisco) 21 Mar. 21 pure bred, fine wooled merino rams, imported from Australia, and which can now be seen at our stores, corner of Front and Vallejo streets. 1916 Jrnl. Amer. Leather Chemists Assoc. 11 286 The pelts from fine wooled skins are usually only fit for the production of low grade leather. 2010 M. Pearson & J. Lennon Pastoral Austral. vi. 146 Growing sheep for meat on mixed farms was more profitable than clips from small fine-woolled flocks. fine world n. now historical fashionable society; = beau monde n. [After French beau monde beau monde n.] ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] higheOE high life?a1518 towna1616 world1618 grand monde1673 society1693 beau monde1712 fine world1740 monde1765 tonc1770 high society1782 fashion1807 all the world1808 society1840 smart set1851 swelldom1854 Fifth Avenue1858 fashionabledom1859 haut monde1864 the big cheesea1910 higlif1911 haute Bohème1925 café society1937 jet set1949 beautiful people1950 1740 C. Cibber Apol. Life C. Cibber xii. 226 Their Novelty..drew vast Audiences of the fine World. 1801 H. More Wks. VIII. 181 Persons who are pleased exclusively to call themselves..the fine world. 1902 J. Sully Ess. on Laughter 331 It is pleasant to a humorous contemplation to note the high pretensions of the ‘fine world’. 2005 V. Irvine King's Wife ii. 21 By far the most fashionable musical venue was the Royal Italian Opera at the King's Theatre in the Haymarket. Here all the fine world listened to operas and observed one another. < as lemmas |
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