Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FILTH, n. [Sax. fylth, from ful, fula, foul; D. vuilte. See Foul and Defile.]

1. Dirt; any foul matter; any thing that soils or defiles; waste matter; nastiness.
2. Corruption; pollution; any thing that sullies or defiles the moral character. To purify the soul from the dross and filth of sensual delights. Tillotson.

FILTH'I-LY, adv.

In a filthy manner; foully; grossly.

FILTH'I-NESS, n.

1. The state of being filthy.
2. Foulness; dirtiness; filth; nastiness. Carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 2 Chron. xxix.
3. Corruption; pollution; defilement by sin; impurity. Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 2 Cor. vii.

FILTH'Y, a.

1. Dirty; foul; unclean; nasty.
2. Polluted; defiled by sinful practices; morally impure. He that is filthy, let him be filthy still. Rev. xxii.
3. Obtained by base and dishonest means; as, filthy lucre. Tit. i.

FIL'TRATE, v.t. [Sp. filtrar; It. filtrare; Fr. filtrer. See Filter.]

To filter; to defecate, as liquor, by straining or percolation.

FIL-TRA'TION, n.

The act or process of filtering; defecation by passing liquors through woolen cloth, brown paper, or other porous substance, as certain kinds of stone, which permit the liquor to pass, but retain the foreign matter.

FIM'BLE-HEMP, n. [Female-hemp.]

Light summer hemp that bears no seed. Mortimer.

FIM'BRI-ATE, a. [L. fimbria, a border or fringe.]

In botany, fringed; having the edge surrounded by hairs or bristles. Martyn.

FIM'BRI-ATE, v.t.

To hem; to fringe. Fuller.

FIM'BRI-A-TED, a.

In heraldry, ornamented as an ordinary, with a narrow border or hem of another tincture. Encyc.

FIM'BRI-A-TED, pp.

Hemmed; fringed.

FIM'BRI-A-TING, ppr.

Hemming; fringing.

FIN, n. [Sax. finn; D. vin; Sw. fena; Dan. finne; L. pinna or penna. The sense is probably a shoot, or it is from diminishing. See Fine. Class Bn.]

The fin of a fish consists of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles. The fins of fish serve to keen their bodies upright, and to prevent wavering or vacillation. The fins, except the caudal, do not assist in progressive motion; the tail being the instrument of swimming.

FIN, v.t.

To carve or cut up a chub.

FIN-A-BLE, a. [See Fine.]

1. That admits a fine.
2. Subject to a fine or penalty; as, a finable person or offense.

FI'NAL, a. [Fr. and Sp. final; L. finalis; It. finale. See Fine.]

1. Pertaining to the end or conclusion; last; ultimate; as, the final issue or event of things; final hope; final salvation.
2. Conclusive; decisive; ultimate; as, a final judgment. The battle of Waterloo was final to the power of Buonaparte; it brought the contest to a final issue.
3. Respecting the end or object to be gained; respecting the purpose or ultimate end in view. The efficient cause is that which produces the event or effect; the final cause is that for which any thing is done.

FI'NALE, n.

1. The last note or end of a piece of music.
2. The last performance in any act of an opera, or that which closes a concert.

FI-NAL'I-TY, n.

Final state. Baxter.

FI'NAL-LY, adv.

1. At the end or conclusion; ultimately; lastly. The cause is expensive, but we shall finally recover. The contest was long, but the Romans finally conquered.
2. Completely; beyond recovery. The enemy was finally exterminated. Davies.

FI-NANCE, n. [finans'; Fr. and Norm. finance; Arm. financz, fine, subsidy. Finance is from fine, in the sense of a sum of money paid by the subject to the king for the enjoyment of a privilege, a feudal sense. Hence finance was originally revenue arising from fines. See Fine.]

Revenue; income of a king or state. Bacon. The United States, near the close of the revolution, appointed a superintendent of finance. [It is more generally used in the plural.]

FI-NAN'CES, n. [plur.]

1. Revenue; funds in the public treasury, or accruing to it; public resources of money. The finances of the king or government were in a low condition. The finances were exhausted.
2. The income or resources of individuals. [But the word is most properly applicable to public revenue.]

FI-NAN'CIAL, a.

Pertaining to public revenue; as, financial concerns or operations. Anderson.

FI-NAN'CIAL-LY, adv.

In relation to finances or public revenue; in a manner to produce revenue. We should he careful not to consider as financially effective exports, alt the goods and produce which have been sent abroad. Walsh.

FI-NAN-CIER, n. [In France, a receiver or farmer of the public revenues.]

1. An officer who receives and manages the public revenues; a treasurer.
2. One who is skilled in the principles or system of public revenue; one who understands the mode of raising money by imposts, excise or taxes, and the economical management and application of public money.
3. One who is intrusted with the collection and management of the revenues of a corporation.
4. One skilled in banking operations.

FI'NA-RY, n. [from fine, refine.]

In iron works, the second forge at the iron-mill. [See Finery.] Dict.