Emily Dickinson Lexicon — FI-NESS'

Definition for FI-NESS'

FINE-SPUN FI-NESS'

FI-NESS', n. [Fr. finesse; It. finezza; Sp. fineza; properly, fineness.]

Artifice; stratagem; subtilty of contrivance to gain a point.

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