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End; conclusion; object. [Obs.] "She knew eke the fin of his intent." Chaucer.

onging to, or characteristic of, the close of the 19th century; modern; "up-to-date;" as, fin-de-siècle ideas.

A projection downward from the keel of a yacht, resembling in shape the fin of a fish, though often with a cigar-shaped bulb of lead at the bottom, and generally made of metal. Its use is to ballast the boat and also to enable her to sail close to the wind and to make the least possible leeway by offering great resista…

Having palmate feet.

Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate.

Liable or subject to a fine; as, a finable person or offense. Bacon.

Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; terminating; ultimate; as, the final day of a school term. Yet despair not of his final pardon. Milton.

Close; termination; as:

Any of the players who meet in the final round of a tournament in which the losers in any round do not play again.

The state of being final, finished, or complete; a final or conclusive arrangement; a settlement. Baxter.

At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly; as, the contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered. Whom patience finally must crown. Milton.

of an individual; often used in the plural for funds; available money; resources. All the finances or revenues of the imperial crown. Bacon.

Pertaining to finance. "Our financial and commercial system." Macaulay.

A financier.

In a dfinancial manner. Burke.

One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer. Burke.

See Finery.

Conclusive; decisive; definitive; final. [Obs.] Greene (1593).

Balænoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balænopteridæ, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus.

= Eddy kite. [Eng.]