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1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Tim. ii. f. viii Trymmyng them selues fyrst with a greate a doo by a glasse, with fynely [L. arte] rolled heare or enbrodryng of golde.

1599 R. Linche Fountaine Anc. Fiction sig. G The well-hewen and finely-polish'd face of that Colosse.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity ii. ii. xvii. 438 They shall use the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God..against the finely-wrought subtilties.

a1672 P. Sterry Disc. Freedom of Will (1675) 122 Through this Image, as a finely-shadowed Vail, it [sc. the intellectual soul] hath a view of God himself.

1728 J. Thomson Spring 39 The finely-checker'd Duck.

1765 P. Collinson in Philos. Trans. 1764 (Royal Soc.) 54 65 Four finely-veined transparent wings.

1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 61 The finely divided, loamy or fructiferous part of the soil.

1869 C. Boutell tr. J. P. Lacombe Arms & Armour vii. 120 Their finely-tempered blades.

1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 94 The..finely-situated..Endcliffe House.

1906 Musical Times 47 125/1 The Symphony Orchestra's concert..was chiefly noticeable for a finely-rendered performance of Mozart's ‘Jupiter’ Symphony.

1955 J. B. Shephard Land of Tikoloshe 110 Made from finely ground mealie meal which is boiled up into a thin porridge.

1991 J. Blair & N. Ramsay Eng. Medieval Industries xiii. 341 A finely-woven cloth with densely-packed weft-stripes.

2014 New Yorker 20 Jan. 14/2 The pleasantly sweet beet burger, accompanied by torshi, a pickle of finely chopped vegetables.