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o bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate. And heroically hath finished A life heroic. Milton.

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.

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.

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. (b) (Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others. -- Finishing press, a machine for pres…

Finished with great care; polished.

Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting.

To finish; to accomplish. [Obs.] The work begun, how soon absolved. Milton.

To finish; to kill. [Obs.] Shak.

here was a background of grinding and waiting before Miss Torry could produce this highly finished . . . performance. Mrs. Alexander. A husband somewhere in the background. Thackeray.

ed by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

To finish by subjecting to a hammering process in a beetle or beetling machine; as, to beetle cotton goods.

The finishing course of a wall showing above a cornice.

A strip or stripe arranged along or near the edge of something, as an ornament or finish.

sy performance; a piece of work, or a place in work, marred in the doing, or not properly finished; a bungle. To leave no rubs nor botches in the work. Shak.

A ball or skein of thread; a cocoon. [Obs.] Silkworms finish their bottoms in . . . fifteen days. Mortimer.

a small wire nail, with a flat circular head; sometimes, a small, tapering, square-bodied finishing nail, with a countersunk head.

A dress fabric having a glossy finish on both sides, resembling alpaca but of superior quality.

A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.

To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth.

, though larger than a carte de visite. -- Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.