Fine

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FINE, adj., adv. and v. Var. dial. uses in Sc. and Eng. Also in forms foin Chs.1; foine Chs.3; vine w.Cy. [fain, foin.] 1. adj. In Comp. (1) Fine-bent, the grass Agrostis filiformis; (2) Fine-clout, a particular kind of nail; (3) Fine-coal, sea-coal; (4) Fine-John, (a) the bent-grass, Agrostis vulgaris; (b) the fine-top-grass, Agrostis alba; (5) Fine-leaf, the violet, Viola tricolor; (6) Fine-yarn, a yarn made from small carefully-grown fibres. (1) n.Cy. Young Annals Agric. (1784-1815) XXVII. 179. (2) Shr. To make a pound of fine clout requires three hours, White Wrekin (1860) xxiv. (3) Stf.1 (4, a) Chs.1 Chs.3 (b) Chs. (5) Lin.1 What a beautiful nose-gate of fine-leaves you've got. (6) w.Yks. (F.R.) 2. phr. (1) As fine as a new-scraped carrot, (2) As fine as Phillyloo, (3) As fine as Dick's hat-band, very fine, smartly dressed; (4) fine and, very. (1) Chs. ‘As foine as a new scrap'd carrot,’ as folks sen, Clough B. Bresskittle (1879) 4; Chs.1 (2) Chs.3 (3) Chs. When I put my new smock-frock on this mornin' aw felt aw wer' as foin as Dick's hatband, Croston Enoch Crump (1887) 11. (4) Bnff. My coat, by luck, was fine an' braw, Taylor Poems (1787) 54. Ayr. His breeks were fine and ticht, Service Dr. Duguid (ed. 1887) 172. Wm. Ise fine an sartin e ony body ets worth thinkin' aboot, Mary Jane, 15. e.Yks.1 Ah's fine an hung-ry. w.Yks. Fain ən mad [very angry] (J.W.). Chs. Gradely, gradely. Aw'm foine and fain to see thee, Yates Owd Peter, iii. Der. I'm fine and pleased for to see you so content, Verney Stone Edge (1868) xxv. Cor. Look! there aw [it] es again ─ I'm fine and queer, Forfar Poems (1885) 50; Cor.1 I'm getting on fine and well, thank 'ee; Cor.2; Cor.3 She's gone fine and proud since her husband came home. 3. Of liquids: clear, transparent. w.Som.1 This yer cider's so thick's puddle, can't get it fine no how. Dev. Za zoon's the wauder's turnin fine, An' gittin' low, t'il be a famious time, Pulman Sketches, 45, in Elworthy Wd-Bk. (1886). 4. Of potatoes: very small. Wil.1 5. Tractable, docile, well-behaved, pleasant. Lnk. As for fairies... They're fine bit bodies, Black Falls of Clyde (1806) 200. n.Yks.1 Of children and young people gen. 6. Great, considerable in quantity. Cum. It's a fine deal narder millions, Sargisson Joe Scoap (1881) 189. w.Yks. (J.W.) nw.Der.1 There's a fine lot. Cor. A fine deal of player [pleasure], O'Donoghue St. Knighton (1864) 301. 7. adv. In Comp. (1) Fine-draw, to flatter, deceive people by fair speeches; to exaggerate; (2) Fine-draw'd, slender, attenuated; (3) Fine-drawer, one who repairs flaws in newly-manufactured cloth; (4) Fine-drawing, the name of one of the sorts of long or combing wool, sorted out of the fleece; (5) Fine-finger'd, white-handed as a lady, fastidious; (6) Fine-mouthed, fastidious, particular, nice; of a horse: tender-mouthed; (7) Fine-plucked, brave, courageous; (8) Fine-tasted, fine-flavoured. (1) w.Cy. Grose (1790) Suppl. w.Som.1 Dhik dhae·ur stoa·ur-z tu fai·n u-draa·d [that story is too fine-drawn]. n.Dev. Oll vor palching about to hire lees to vine-dra voaks, Exm. Scold. (1746) l. 201; Horae Subsecivae (1777) 451. (2) Sus. I didn't think he was ‘fine-draw'd’ enough for a curate, Egerton Flks. and Ways (1884) 85. (3) w.Yks.3 (4) w.Som.1 Fuy·n-drau·een. (5) n.Yks.2 (6) Nhp.1 War.3 Let him have his head ─ he is very fine-mouthed. (7) Oxf. A rare fine-plucked one as ever I see, Blackmore Cripps (ed. 1895) xlvi. (8) e.Dur.1 8. phr. to talk fine, to attempt to talk like an educated person, to talk affectedly. w.Yks. Ah sud larn ta tawk fine, Tom Treddlehoyle Bairnsla Ann. (1858) 5. Lin. It's no use for you an' me for to try to talk fine, becos we can't come it (J.T.F.). se.Wor.1 Brks.1 She med ha bin to zarvice in Lunnon, but us wunt hev her come back a-tawkin' vine to we. 9. Well, very well, perfectly, nicely; very, very much. Sc. It would come in fine for the plenishing, Keith Indian Uncle (1896) 29. Sh.I. I'm getting along fine, Sh. News (Nov. 5, 1898). Elg. Ye'll thrive fu' fine gin ye wad dine On port, an' pease, an' pork, Tester Poems (1865) 122. Per. A'll manage him fine, Ian Maclaren K. Carnegie (1896) 96. Frf. I would have liked fine to be that Gladstone's mother, Barrie M. Ogilvy (1896) v. Fif. Dear lassie, ye sing fine, Douglas Poems (1806) 132. Slg. We met ─ fine I mind ─ on a warm afternoon, Towers Poems (1885) 149. Dmb. O fegs, I ken fine what I'll mak o't, Cross Disruption (1844) v. Rnf. Around a fire that blazes fine, Barr Poems (1861) 139. Ayr. Women can claver fine among themselves, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) I. 98. Lnk. He may think he's doing fine, when no faults are being found, Stewart Twa Elders (1886) 141. e.Lth. For sma’ allotments, there was nae dou't it wad dae fine, Hunter J. Inwick (1895) 160. Edb. I ken that fine, mother, an' I am thankfu', Stevenson Puddin (1894) 58. Gall. Celie Tennant asked Cleg how he was getting on; he said... ‘Fine,’ Crockett Cleg Kelly (1896) viii. Nhb. ‘De ye knaa the priest?’ ‘Aye, fine.’ Aa'll fin* me way fine (R.O.H.). Cum.1 A fine girt an. A fine laal an. Wm. It's fine sarten he'll be hung (B.K.). Yks. (J.W.) Dev. The little maid's getting on fine with her book, O'Neill Idyls (1892) 75; Yü've a-dugged yer tail purty fine, I can tellee, Hewett Peas. Sp. (1892) 75. Cor.1 A fine clever boy. 10. In good health, well; prosperous, in good spirits. Sc. ‘Hoo's yer blackie?’ ‘Fine, man; he's whustlin' rale weel the day,’ Wright Sc. Life (1897) 4. Abd. ‘Hoo's a' your folk?’ ‘Oh fine, man,’ Guidman Inglismaill (1873) 36. Inv. (H.E.F.) Frf. He often wrote that he was ‘fine’ when Jess had her doubts, Barrie Thrums (1889) xvi. Ayr. Her ord'nar' health is fine, if it wasna for that craichle o' a hoast, Johnston Kilmallie (1891) I. 79. Lth. Tell your mother that... Willie's fine, Strathesk More Bits (ed. 1885) 67. Edb. A' wi' us are hale an' fine, Learmont Poems (1791) 265. Nhb.1 ‘Hoo are ye thi day?’ ‘O, lad, aa's fine.’ 11. v. with up: to clear up. Wor. This fall o' snow 'll fine up the weather (H.K.). 12. To become fine and powdery in consequence of being slaked. n.Yks.1 [Not known to our correspondents.]

FINE, see Fain, adj.1

FINE, adj., adv. and v. Sc. Lakel. Pem. 1. adj. In phr. to make one a fine lad, to have one's revenge on a person. Wm. (J.M.) 2. Of the temperature: mild, warm. s.Pem. It have a rained all day, but 'tis real fine with it, for all (M.S.C.). 3. adv. In comb. Fine certain, quite certain, as sure as the law. Lakel.2 Ah's ommost fine sarten on't. 4. v. To disentangle and free wool from the coarse parts. Sc. In each parish competent persons were to be appointed to teach the poorer children to fine and spin wool and to knit stockings, Cochran-Patrick Med. Sc. (1892) 46. Gall. Mactaggart Encycl. (1824) 34, ed. 1876.