Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter F - Page 27
Finesse (v. i.) (Whist Playing) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play.
Finesse (n.) Subtly skillful handling of a situation [syn: delicacy, diplomacy, discreetness, finesse].
Finestill (v. t.) To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation.
Finestiller (n.) One who finestills. fine-tooth
Finew (n.) Moldiness. [R.]
Finfish (n.) (Zool.) A finback whale.
Finfish (n.) (Zool.) (pl.) True fish, as distinguished from shellfish.
Finfoot (n.) (Zool.) A South American bird ({heliornis fulica) allied to the grebes. The name is also applied to several related species of the genus Podica.
Fin-footed (a.) (Zool.) Having palmate feet.
Fin-footed (a.) (Zool.) Having lobate toes, as the coot and grebe.
Finger (n.) One of the five terminating members of the hand; a digit; esp., one of the four extermities of the hand, other than the thumb.
Finger (n.) Anything that does work of a finger; as, the pointer of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; especially (Mech.) a small projecting rod, wire, or piece, which is brought into contact with an object to effect, direct, or restrain a motion.
Finger (n.) The breadth of a finger, or the fourth part of the hand; a measure of nearly an inch; also, the length of finger, a measure in domestic use in the United States, of about four and a half inches or one eighth of a yard.
A piece of steel three fingers thick. -- Bp. Wilkins.
Finger (n.) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument. [R.]
She has a good finger. -- Busby.
Ear finger, The little finger.
Finger alphabet. See Dactylology.
Finger bar, The horizontal bar, carrying slotted spikes, or fingers, through which the vibratory knives of mowing and reaping machines play.
Finger board (Mus.), The part of a stringed instrument against which the fingers press the strings to vary the tone; the keyboard of a piano, organ, etc.; manual.
Finger bowl Finger glass, A bowl or glass to hold water for rinsing the fingers at table.
Finger flower (Bot.), The foxglove.
Finger+grass+(Bot.),+A+kind+of+grass+({Panicum+sanguinale">Finger grass (Bot.), a kind of grass ({Panicum sanguinale) with slender radiating spikes; common crab grass. See Crab grass, under Crab.
Finger nut, A fly nut or thumb nut.
Finger plate, A strip of metal, glass, etc., to protect a painted or polished door from finger marks.
Finger post, A guide post bearing an index finger.
Finger reading, Reading printed in relief so as to be sensible to the touch; -- so made for the blind.
Finger+shell+(Zool.),+A+marine+shell+({Pholas+dactylus">Finger shell (Zool.), a marine shell ({Pholas dactylus) resembling a finger in form.
Finger sponge (Zool.), A sponge having finger-shaped lobes, or branches.
Finger stall, A cover or shield for a finger.
Finger steel, A steel instrument for whetting a currier's knife.
To burn one's fingers. See under Burn.
To have a finger in, To be concerned in. [Colloq.]
To have at one's fingers' ends, To be thoroughly familiar with. [Colloq.]
Fingered (imp. & p. p.) of Finger.
Fingering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Finger.
Finger (v. t.) To touch with the fingers; to handle; to meddle with.
Let the papers lie; You would be fingering them to anger me. -- Shak.
Finger (v. t.) To touch lightly; to toy with.
Finger (v. t.) (Mus.) To perform on an instrument of music.
Finger (v. t.) (Mus.) To mark the notes of (a piece of music) so as to guide the fingers in playing.
Finger (v. t.) To take thievishly; to pilfer; to purloin. -- Shak.
Finger (v. t.) To execute, as any delicate work.
Finger (v. i.) (Mus.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument. -- Busby.
Finger (n.) Any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb); "her fingers were long and thin."
Finger (n.) The length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure [syn: finger, fingerbreadth, finger's breadth, digit].
Finger (n.) One of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb.
Finger (v.) Feel or handle with the fingers; "finger the binding of the book" [syn: finger, thumb].
Finger (v.) Examine by touch; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater" [syn: feel, finger].
Finger (v.) Search for on the computer; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons."
Finger (v.) Indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments.
Finger [WAITS, via BSD Unix] (n.) A program that displays information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a remote system. Typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable). May also display a plan file left by the user (see also { Hacking X for Y).
Finger (v. t.) To apply finger to a username.
Finger (v. t.) By extension, to check a human's current state by any means. ?Foodp? ? ?T!? ?OK, finger Lisa and see if she's idle.?
Finger, () Any picture (composed of ASCII characters) depicting ?the finger?, see { See figure 1. Originally a humorous component of one's plan file to deter the curious fingerer (sense 2), it has entered the arsenal of some flamer s.
Finger, () A Unix program that displays information about a particular user or all users logged on the system, or a remote system. Finger typically shows full name, last login time, idle time, terminal line, and terminal location (where applicable). It may also display a plan file left by the user (see also Hacking X for Y). Some versions take a "-l" (long) argument which yields more information. [{Jargon File] (2002-10-06)
Finger, TN -- U.S. city in Tennessee
Population (2000): 350
Housing Units (2000): 134
Land area (2000): 1.514443 sq. miles (3.922390 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 1.514443 sq. miles (3.922390 sq. km)
FIPS code: 26160
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.356777 N, 88.608995 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38334
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Finger, TN
Finger
Fingered (a.) Having fingers.
Fingered (a.) (Bot.) Having leaflets like fingers; digitate.
Fingered (a.) (Mus.) Marked with figures designating which finger should be used for each note.
Fingered (a.) Having or resembling a finger or fingers; often used in combination; "the fingered roots of giant trees"; "rosy-fingered"; "three-fingered cartoon characters" [ant: fingerless].
Fingerer (n.) One who fingers; a pilferer.
Fingering (n.) The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers.
The mere sight and fingering of money. -- Grew.
Fingering (n.) The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc.
Fingering (n.) The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers.
Fingering (n.) Delicate work made with the fingers. -- Spenser.
Fingering (n.) The placement of the fingers for playing different notes (or sequences of notes) on a musical instrument.
Fingering (n.) Touching something with the fingers
Finger joint (n.) 指接，指形接合，指形榫 A joint in cabinetmaking formed by cutting two board ends into matching fingerlike projections that fit together.
Compare: Parr
Parr (n.) (Zool.) A young salmon in the stage when it has dark transverse bands; -- called also samlet, skegger, and fingerling.
Parr (n.) (Zool.) A young leveret. Parrakeet
Parr (n.) Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548) [syn: Parr, Catherine Parr].
Parr (n.) A young salmon up to 2 years old.
Parr (n.) The young of various fishes.
Fingerling (n.) (Zool.) A young salmon. See Parr.
Fingerling (n.) A young or small fish.
Fingernail (n.) [C] (Also nail) (B2) 手指甲 The hard, slightly curved part that covers and protects the top of the end of a finger.
// Dirty fingernails.
// She had long red fingernails.
Fingernail (n.) The nail at the end of a finger.
Fingle-fangle (n.) A trifle. [Low] -- Hudibras.
Fingrigos (n. pl. ) of Fingrigo.
Fingrigo (n.) (Bot.) A prickly, climbing shrub of the genus Pisonia. The fruit is a kind of berry.
Compare: Knop
Knop (n.) A knob; a bud; a bunch; a button.
Four bowls made like unto almonds, with their knops and their flowers. -- Ex. xxv. 21.
Knop (n.) (Arch.) Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp.
Knop+sedge+(Bot.),+The+bur+reed+({Sparganium">Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed ({Sparganium); -- so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. -- Prior.
Finial (n.) (Arch.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.
Finial (n.) An ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis.
Finical (a.) Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious. "Finical taste." -- Wordsworth.
The gross style consists in giving no detail, the finical in giving nothing else. -- Hazlitt.
Syn: Finical, Spruce, Foppish.
Usage: These words are applied to persons who are studiously desirous to cultivate finery of appearance. One who is spruce is elaborately nice in dress; one who is finical shows his affectation in language and manner as well as in dress; one who is foppish distinguishes himself by going to the extreme of the fashion in the cut of his clothes, by the tawdriness of his ornaments, and by the ostentation of his manner. "A finical gentleman clips his words and screws his body into as small a compass as possible, to give himself the air of a delicate person; a spruce gentleman strives not to have a fold wrong in his frill or cravat, nor a hair of his head to lie amiss; a foppish gentleman seeks . . . to render himself distinguished for finery." -- Crabb. -- Fin"i*cal*ly, adv. -- Fin"i*cal*ness, n.
Finical (a.) Exacting especially about details; "a finicky eater"; "fussy about clothes"; "very particular about how her food was prepared" [syn: finical, finicky, fussy, particular, picky].
Finicality (n.) The quality of being finical; finicalness. Finicking
Finicking (a.) Alt. of Finicky.
Finicky (a.) Finical; unduly particular ; excessively demanding over minor details. [Colloq.]
Finific (n.) A limiting element or quality. [R.]
The essential finific in the form of the finite. -- Coleridge.
Finify (a.) To make fine; to dress finically. [Obs.]
Hath so pared and finified them [his feet.] -- B. Jonson.
Finikin (a.) Precise in trifles; idly busy. [Colloq.] -- Smart.
Compare: Finnikin
Finnikin (n.) (Zool.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [Written also finikin.]
Fining (n.) The act of imposing a fine.
Fining (n.) The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.
Fining
(n.) That
which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc.,
for clarifying beer.
Fining pot, A vessel in which metals are refined. -- Prov. xvii. 3.
Finis (n.) [L.] An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end
of a book.
Finis (n.) The temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close].
Finis (n.) The concluding part of any performance [syn: finale, close, closing curtain, finis].
Finished (imp. & p. p.) of Finish.
Finishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Finish.
Finish (v. t.) To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.
And heroically hath finished A life heroic. -- Milton.
Finish (v. t.) To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.
Syn: To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete; accomplish; perfect.
Finish (v. i.) To come to an end; to terminate.
His days may finish ere that hapless time. -- Shak.
Finish (v. i.) To end; to die. [R.] -- Shak.
Finish (n.) That which finishes, puts an end to... or perfects.
Finish (n.) (Arch.) The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.
Finish (n.) (Fine Arts) The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like.
Finish (n.) (Fine Arts) See Finishing coat, under Finishing.
Finish (n.) The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.
Finish (n.) Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning.
Finish (n.)A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly" [syn: coating, finish, finishing].
Finish (n.) The temporal end; the concluding time; "the stopping point of each round was signaled by a bell"; "the market was up at the finish"; "they were playing better at the close of the season" [syn: stopping point, finale, finis, finish, last, conclusion, close].
Finish (n.) A highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality; "they performed with great polish"; "I admired the exquisite refinement of his prose"; "almost an inspiration which gives to all work that finish which is almost art"--Joseph Conrad [syn: polish, refinement, culture, cultivation, finish]
Finish (n.) The place designated as the end (as of a race or journey); "a crowd assembled at the finish"; "he was nearly exhausted as their destination came into view" [syn: finish, destination, goal]
Finish (n.) Designated event that concludes a contest (especially a race); "excitement grew as the finish neared"; "my horse was several lengths behind at the finish"; "the winner is the team with the most points at the finish"
Finish (n.) The downfall of someone (as of persons on one side of a conflict); "booze will be the finish of him"; "it was a fight to the finish"
Finish (n.) Event whose occurrence ends something; "his death marked the ending of an era"; "when these final episodes are broadcast it will be the finish of the show" [syn: ending, conclusion, finish] [ant: beginning]
Finish (n.) (Wine tasting) The taste of a wine on the back of the tongue (as it is swallowed); "the wine has a nutty flavor and a pleasant finish."
Finish (n.) The act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause" [syn: finish, finishing] [ant: beginning, commencement, start].
Finish (v.) Come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours" [syn: complete, finish].
Finish (v.) Finally be or do something; "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again" [syn: finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finish].
Finish (v.) Have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical; "the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed"; "Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other"; "My property ends by the bushes"; "The symphony ends in a pianissimo" [syn: end, stop, finish, terminate, cease] [ant: begin, start].
Finish (v.) Provide with a finish; "The carpenter finished the table beautifully"; "this shirt is not finished properly"
Finish (v.) Finish eating all the food on one's plate or on the table; "She polished off the remaining potatoes" [syn: eat up, finish, polish off].
Finish (v.) Cause to finish a relationship with somebody; "That finished me with Mary."
Finished (a.) Polished to the highest degree of excellence; complete; perfect; as, a finished poem; a finished education.
Finished work (Mach.), Work that is made smooth or polished, though not necessarily completed.
Finished (a.) (Of materials or goods) brought to the desired final state; "a finished product" [ant: unfinished].
Finished (a.) Ended or brought to an end; "are you finished?"; "gave me the finished manuscript" [ant: unfinished].
Finished (a.) (Of skills or the products of skills) brought to or having the greatest excellence; perfected; "a dazzling and finished piece of writing"; "a finished violinist."
Finished (a.) Having a surface coating or finish applied; "the finished bookcase costs much more than the unfinished ones."
Finished (a.) Brought to ruin; "after the revolution the aristocracy was finished"; "the unsuccessful run for office left him ruined politically and economically" [syn: finished, ruined].
Finisher (n.) One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection.
O prophet of glad tidings, finisher Of utmost hope! -- Milton.
Finisher (n.) Something that gives the finishing touch to, or settles, anything. [Colloq.]
Finisher (n.) (Baseball) A relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game [syn: closer, finisher].
Finisher (n.) A racing driver who finishes a race.
Finisher (n.) A painter who applies a finishing coat.
Finisher (n.) A worker who performs the last step in a manufacturing process.
Finisher (n.) A race car that finishes a race.
Finisher (n.) An animal that wins in a contest of speed.
Finishing (n.) The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.
Finishing (a.) Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.
Finishing coat. (a) (Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth.
Finishing coat. (b) (Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others.
Finishing press, A machine for pressing fabrics.
Finishing rolls (Iron Working), The rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape. -- Raymond.
Finishing (n.) A decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly" [syn: coating, finish, finishing].
Finishing (n.) The act of finishing; "his best finish in a major tournament was third"; "the speaker's finishing was greeted with applause" [syn: finish, finishing] [ant: beginning, commencement, start].
Finite (a.) Having a limit; limited in quantity, degree, or capacity; bounded; -- opposed to infinite; as, finite number; finite existence; a finite being; a finite mind; finite duration.
Finite (a.) Bounded or limited in magnitude or spatial or temporal extent [ant: infinite].
Finite (a.) Of verbs; relating to forms of the verb that are limited in time by a tense and (usually) show agreement with number and person [ant: infinite, non-finite].
Compact
Finite
Isolated, () (Or "finite", "isolated") In domain theory, an element d of a cpo D is compact if and only if, for any chain S, a subset of D,
d <= lub S => there exists s in S such that d <= s.
I.e. you always reach d (or better) after a finite number of steps up the chain.
("<=" is written in LaTeX as \sqsubseteq).
[{Jargon File] (1995-01-13)
Compact
Finite
Isolated, () Of a design, describes the valuable property that it can all be apprehended at once in one's head. This generally means the thing created from the design can be used with greater facility and fewer errors than an equivalent tool that is not compact. Compactness does not imply triviality or lack of power; for example, C is compact and Fortran is not, but C is more powerful than Fortran. Designs become non-compact through accreting features and cruft that don't merge cleanly into the overall design scheme (thus, some fans of Classic C maintain that ANSI C is no longer compact). (2008-10-13)
Finiteless (a.) Infinite. [Obs.] -- Sir T. browne.
Finitely (adv.) In a finite manner or degree.
Finitely (adv.) With a finite limit; "there are finitely many solutions to this problem" [ant: endlessly, infinitely].
Finiteness (n.) The state of being finite.
Finiteness (n.) The quality of being finite [syn: finiteness, finitude, boundedness] [ant: boundlessness, infiniteness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundedness].
Finitude (n.) Limitation. -- Cheyne.
Finitude (n.) The quality of being finite [syn: finiteness, finitude, boundedness] [ant: boundlessness, infiniteness, infinitude, limitlessness, unboundedness].
Finlander (n.) A native or inhabitant of Finland.
Finless (a.) (Zool.) Destitute of fins.
Finlet (n.) A little fin; one of the parts of a divided fin.
Finlike (a.) Resembling a fin.
Finn (a.) A native of Finland; one of the Finn in the ethnological sense. See Finns.
Finns (n. pl.; sing. Finn.) (Ethnol.) (a) Natives of Finland; Finlanders.
Finns (n. pl.; sing. Finn.) (Ethnol.) (b) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [Written also Fins.]
Finn (n.) A native or inhabitant of Finland.
Finn (v.) [IRC] To pull rank on somebody based on the amount of time one has spent on IRC. The term derives from the fact that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987. There may be some influence from the ?Finn? character in William Gibson's seminal cyberpunk novel Count Zero, who at one point says to another (much younger) character ?I have a pair of shoes older than you are, so shut up!?
Finn, () To pull rank on somebody
based on the amount of time one has spent on IRC. The term derives from
the fact that IRC was originally written in Finland in 1987. [{Jargon
File] (2000-08-05)
Finnan haddie () Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon
(pron. fin"an), Scotland. the name is also applied to other kinds of
smoked haddock. [Written also finnan haddock.]
Finnan haddie (n.) Haddock usually baked but sometimes broiled with lots of butter [syn: finnan haddie, finnan haddock, finnan, smoked haddock].
Finned (a.) Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. -- Mortimer.
Finner (n.) (Zool.) A finback whale.
Finnic (a.) Of or pertaining to the Finns.
Finnic (n.) One of two branches of the Finno-Ugric languages; a family of languages including Finnish and Estonian (but not Hungarian) [syn: Fennic, Finnic, Non-Ugric]
Finnikin (n.) (Zool.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [Written also finikin.]
Finnish (a.) Of or pertaining to Finland, to the Finns, or to their language.
Finnish (n.) A Northern Turanian group of languages; the language of the Finns.
Finnish (a.) Of or relating to or characteristic of Finland or the people of Finland; "Finnish architecture."
Finnish (n.) The official language of Finland; belongs to the Baltic Finnic family of languages [syn: Finnish, Suomi].
Finns (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) Natives of Finland; Finlanders.
Finns (n. pl.) (Ethnol.) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [Written also Fins.]
Finny (a.) (Zool.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes.
Finny (a.) Abounding in fishes.
With patient angle trolls the finny deep. -- Goldsmoth.
Finochio (n.) (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant ({Foeniculum dulce) having a somewhat tuberous stem; sweet fennel. The blanched stems are used in France and Italy as a culinary vegetable.
Finos (n. pl.) Second best wool from Merino sheep. -- Gardner.
Finpike (n.) (Zool.) The bichir. See Crossopterygii.
Fint () 3d pers. sing. pr. of {Find}, for findeth. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Fin-toed (a.) (Zool.) Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate.
Fiord (n.) A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska. [Written also fjord.]
Fiord (n.) A long narrow inlet of the sea between steep cliffs; common in Norway [syn: fjord, fiord].
Fiorin (n.) (Bot) A species of creeping bent grass ({Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.
Fiorite (n.) (Min.) A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; -- so called from Fiora, in Ischia.
Fioriture (n. pl.) (Mus.) Little flowers of ornament introduced into a melody by a singer or player.
Fippenny bit () The Spanish half real, or one sixteenth of a dollar, -- so called in Pennsylvania and the adjacent States. [Obs.]
Note: Before the act of Congress, Feb. 21, 1857, caused the adoption of decimal coins and the withdrawal of foreign coinage from circulation, this coin passed currently for 61/4 cents, and was called in New England a fourpence ha'penny or fourpence; in New York a sixpence; in Pennsylvania, Virginia, etc., a fip; and in Louisiana, a picayune.
Fipple (n.) A stopper, as in a wind instrument of music. [Obs.] -- Bacon.
Fipple (n.) A wooden plug forming a flue pipe (as the mouthpiece of a recorder).
Compare: Pine
Pine(n.) (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus.
Note: There are about twenty-eight species in the United white+pine+({Pinus+Strobus">States, of which the white pine ({Pinus Strobus), Georgia+pine+({Pinus+australis">the Georgia pine ({Pinus australis), the red pine ({Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast sugar pine ({Pinus Lambertiana}) are among the most valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called Norway+or+Norway or Riga pine ({Pinus sylvestris), is the only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See Pinon.
The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera.
Pine (n.) The wood of the pine tree.
Pine (n.) A pineapple.
Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground.
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), A beautiful coniferous tree, the Araucaria excelsa.
Pine barren, A tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [Southern U.S.]
Pine borer (Zool.), Any beetle whose larv[ae] bore into pine trees.
Pine finch. (Zool.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary.
Pine grosbeak (Zool.), A large grosbeak ({Pinicola enucleator), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red.
Pine lizard (Zool.), A small, very active, mottled gray lizard ({Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and alligator.
Pine marten. (Zool.) A European weasel ({Mustela martes), called also sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten.
Pine marten. (Zool.) The American sable. See Sable.
Pine moth (Zool.), Any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larv[ae] burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage.
Pine mouse (Zool.), An American wild mouse ({Arvicola pinetorum), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests.
Pine needle (Bot.), One of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See Pinus.
Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below).
Pine oil, An oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors.
Pine snake (Zool.), A large harmless North American snake ({Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also bull snake. The Western pine snake ({Pituophis Sayi}) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange.
Pine tree (Bot.), A tree of the genus Pinus; pine.
Pine-tree money, Money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the pine tree shilling.
Pine weevil (Zool.), Any one of numerous species of weevils whose larv[ae] bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc.
Pine wool, A fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and pine-wood wool.
Fir (n.) (Bot.) A genus ({Abies) of coniferous trees, often of large size and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scotch fir is a Pinus.
Note: Fir in the Bible means any one of several coniferous trees, including, cedar, cypress, and probably three species of pine. -- J. D. Hooker.
Fir (n.) Nonresinous wood of a fir tree.
Fir (n.) Any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas [syn: fir, fir tree, true fir].
FIR, () Finite Impulse Response (DSP)
FIR, () Fast IRDA (IRDA)
FIR, () Finite Impulse Response (filter).
FIR, () Fast Infrared. Infrared standard from IrDA, part of IrDA Data. FIR supports synchronous communications at 4 Mbps (and 1.115 Mbps?), at a distance of up to 1 metre. (1999-10-14)
Fir, () The uniform rendering in the Authorized Version (marg. R.V., "cypress") of _berosh_ (2 Sam. 6:5; 1 Kings 5:8, 10; 6:15, 34; 9:11, etc.), a lofty tree (Isa. 55:13) growing on Lebanon (37:24). Its wood was used in making musical instruments and doors of houses, and for ceilings (2 Chr. 3:5), the decks of ships (Ezek. 27:5), floorings and spear-shafts (Nah. 2:3, R.V.).
The true fir (abies) is not found in Palestine, but the pine tree, of which there are four species, is common.
The precise kind of tree meant by the "green fir tree" (Hos. 14:8) is uncertain. Some regard it as the sherbin tree, a cypress resembling the cedar; others, the Aleppo or maritime pine (Pinus halepensis), which resembles the Scotch fir; while others think that the "stone-pine" (Pinus pinea) is probably meant. (See PINE.)
Compare: Command
Command (n.) An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.
Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose. -- Milton.
Command (n.) The possession or exercise of authority.
Command and force may often create, but can never cure, an aversion. -- Locke.
Command (n.) Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.
Command (n.) Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.
The steepy stand Which overlooks the vale with wide command. -- Dryden.
Command (n.) Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.
He assumed an absolute command over his readers. -- Dryden.
Command (n.) A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.
Word of command (Mil.), A word or phrase of definite and established meaning, used in directing the movements of soldiers; as, aim; fire; shoulder arms, etc.
Syn: Control; sway; power; authority; rule; dominion; sovereignty; mandate; order; injunction; charge; behest.
See Direction.
Fire (n.) The evolution of light and heat in the combustion of bodies; combustion; state of ignition.
Note: The form of fire exhibited in the combustion of gases in an ascending stream or current is called flame.
Anciently, fire, air, earth, and water were regarded as the four elements of which all things are composed.
Fire (n.) Fuel in a state of combustion, as on a hearth, or in a stove or a furnace.
Fire (n.) The burning of a house or town; a conflagration.
Fire (n.) Anything which destroys or affects like fire.