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One who, or that which, refines.

A furnace in which cast iron is refined by the action of a blast on the molten metal.

Quality or state of being scurfy.

The quality of being stuffy.

Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth.

The state of being superfine.

Quality or state of being turfy.

To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.

Without a certain confine; outside the house; away from one's abode; as, to walk abroad. I went to St. James', where another was preaching in the court abroad. Evelyn.

with the reflexive pronoun. If after due summons any member absents himself, he is to be fined. Addison.

baron" is not to be taken in that restrictive sense to which the modern acception hath confined it. Fuller. Acception of persons or faces (Eccl.), favoritism; partiality. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Marked with fine irregular streaks as if scratched by a needle. Lindley.

A fine cotton cloth of India.

to express a quality of the thing named, or something attributed to it, or to limit or define it, or to specify or describe a thing, as distinct from something else. Thus, in phrase, "a wise ruler," wise is the adjective, expressing a property of ruler.

The fine and penalty imposed for the offense of adultery.

A material object (vaguely designated). A certain affair of fine red cloth much worn and faded. Hawthorne.

m ache with air." Shak. He was still all air and fire. Macaulay . [Air and fire being the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and water.]

A compact variety or sulphate of lime, or gypsum, of fine texture, and usually white and translucent, but sometimes yellow, red, or gray. It is carved into vases, mantel ornaments, etc.

The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder. [Obs.] Johnson.

To reduce to a fine powder. [Obs.] Johnson.