finedadj.1
/fʌɪnd/, U.S. /faɪnd/ That has been fined (in various senses of fine v.3); esp. purified, refined; clarified.
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a1425 N. Homily Legendary (Harl. suppl.) in C. Horstmann Altengl. Legenden (1881) 2nd Ser. 149 (MED) Fynd sophims, þat clerkes in affyes.
?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) (1881) 131 Finyd[1483 BL Add. 89074 Fynde, defecatus, meratus].
1555 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) III. App. xliv. 123 Not with pure and most fined Gold.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke To Rdr. 1 Euerye fined and perpolite witte.
1613 G. Chapman Memorable Maske Inns of Court sig. D3 O blow away, Al vapours from the fined ayre.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Devon 245 Fined Silver in Wedges.
1700 J. Treffry Poems 51 You'l refine our thick Dross, And give us your fined Gold for our Tin.
1757 tr. J. F. Henckel Pyritologia p. ix The mintage of the burnt or fined silver of Friberg.
1836 ‘J. Oldbug’ Puritan I. viii. 68 If you think it best to part with your gold to spread the purest principles, purer than fined gold, you will be regarded as the dupe of some holy cheats.
1886 E. W. Hilgard Rep. Viticultural Work (Univ. Calif. Coll. Agric.) 17 No fined wine has ever been placed on exhibition, and will not be unless so labeled.
1919 Garden & Home Builder May 170/3 Shredded manure (or any substitute in powered or fined form).
1995 D. G. Miller Homebrewing Guide xxiv. 210 This requires the fined beer to stand for a few days or a week to clear before the final transfer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† finedadj.2
Obsolete.
Finished, concluded; brought to an end.
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the world > action or operation > completing > [adjective] > completed
fullfremedOE
fulfilled1340
accomplished?1526
consummatea1527
perfected1552
consummated1565
fined1571
finished1582
full-summed1588
exact1633
completed1661
teleiotic1705
complete1731
1571 T. Fortescue tr. P. Mexia Foreste 64 b Considering what we reade of their fined labours [Fr. veu l'excellence que nous lisons auoir esté en leurs œuures].
1596 M. Drayton Tragicall Legend Robert Duke of Normandy sig. D4 In fined things such meruails infinite.
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finedadj.3
/fʌɪnd/, U.S. /faɪnd/ That is or has been fined (in various senses of fine v.2); subject to or punished by a fine. Formerly also in † fined-down: (of a lease) reduced in rent on payment of a fee; cf. fine v.2 7b (obsolete).
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > hire or rent > rent (land or real property) > [adjective] > reduced on payment of fee
fined-down1838
1664 Act (Privy Council Scotl.) (single sheet) Such of the fined persons, who should be charged before Lambmass..should pay in the first moyety of their fines.
a1720 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1722) x. 577 What was wanting of the Fine was taken a-new from the fined Person.
1838 Belfast News-let. 20 Nov. There is a fined down Lease of this Farm for three very young Lives, all in being.
1880 Daily Tel. 31 Dec. 3/5 Many of the tenants have paid large sums for fined-down leases.
1911 21st Biennial Rep. Board Commissioners Public Charities Illinois 625 The fined person is placed on probation, on condition that he pay the fine to the probation officer.
2003 Amer. Motorcyclist Mar. 68/1 The fined party is entitled to a receipt upon payment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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