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Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels. Her mistress' cast-off finery. F. W. Robertson.

t 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.

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.

The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish.

le or tread upon red-hot irons. Abbot. -- Fire pan, a pan for holding or conveying fire, especially the receptacle for the priming of a gun. -- Fire plug, a plug or hydrant for drawing water from the main pipes in a street, building, etc., for extinguishing fires. -- Fire policy, the writing or instrument expressing…

A stone which will bear the heat of a furnace without injury; -- especially applied to the sandstone at the top of the upper greensand in the south of England, used for lining kilns and furnaces. Ure.

The principal rafters of a roof, especially a pair of rafters taken together. [Obs.]

during that time. -- First water, the highest quality or purest luster; -- said of gems, especially of diamond and pearls.

The first produce or offspring; -- said of animals, especially domestic animals; as, the firstlings of his flock. Milton.

The hand with the fingers doubled into the palm; the closed hand, especially as clinched tightly for the purpose of striking a blow. Who grasp the earth and heaven with my fist. Herbert.

ing to a required form and size; to shape aright; to adapt to a model; to adjust; -- said especially of the work of a carpenter, machinist, tailor, etc. The carpenter . . . marketh it out with a line; he fitteth it with planes. Is. xliv. 13.

Anything used in fitting up; especially (pl.),

A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley.

terfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry. Flash house, a house frequented by flash people, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. "A gang of footpads, reveling with t…

A floor, loft, or story in a building; especially, a floor of a house, which forms a complete residence in itself.

boat with a flat bottom and square ends; -- used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.

Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or frand; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions. Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced. Fuller.

One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund. Prynne.

A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet, when a captain. Ham. Nav. Encyc.