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To top off; to finish by putting on a cap of top (uppermost) course (called a top`ping-out" course).

The finishing of joints along the center lines with a narrow ridge of putty or fine lime mortar.

vex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.

ndo), meaning unfastened, ruined; and undone (from 2d un- and done) meaning not done, not finished. Un- is sometimes used with an intensive force merely; as in unloose.

Not accomplished or performed; unfinished; also, deficient in accomplishment; unrefined.

Not finished; not concluded. [R.] Madison.

Finished without a nap. I did not attempt her with a threadbare name, Unnapped with meritorious actions. Beau. & Fl.

o the sky. Dryden. But the rest of the dead lives not again until the thousand years were finished. Rev. xx. 5.

To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany. Used also figuratively. As a rogue in grain Veneered with sanctimonious theory. Tennyson.

rough an avenue, or the like; hence, the trees or other objects that form the avenue. The finished garden to the view Its vistas opens, and its alleys green. Thomson. In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows. Burke. The shattered tower which now forms a vista from his w…

ifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed.

whiting. [R.] Whitening stone, a sharpening and polishing stone used by cutlers; also, a finishing grindstone of fine texture.

A worker in iron who finishes or polishes the work, in distinction from one who forges it.

atory (Law), a bond. -- Writing paper, paper intended for writing upon with ink, usually finished with a smooth surface, and sized. -- Writing school, a school for instruction in penmanship. -- Writing table, a table fitted or used for writing upon.