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1968 Italian film
A Fine Pair (Italian: Ruba al prossimo tuo) is a 1968 Italian crime-comedy film directed by Francesco Maselli. It stars Rock Hudson and Claudia Cardinale
A_Fine_Pair
Austrian actor (1907–2005)
The Perils of Pauline (1967) The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968) A Fine Pair (1968) Guns for San Sebastian (1968) The Maltese Bippy (1969) Death Knocks
Leon_Askin
Canadian actress (born 1978)
a professional acting career was a viable option. She enrolled in York University's four-year theatre program and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts
Rachel_McAdams
American computer scientist and software engineer
efficiency and extensibility compared to alternatives like XML. The pair also developed MapReduce, a programming model and implementation for processing and generating
Jeff_Dean
Irish political party
Fine Gael (/ˌfiːnə ˈɡeɪl, ˌfɪn-/; Irish: [ˌfʲɪnʲə ˈɡeːl̪ˠ]; lit. 'Family (or Tribe) of the Irish') is a centre-right, liberal-conservative, Christian
Fine_Gael
Listed building in Shropshire
dates from the 1700s, and is listed at Grade II*. There was once a fine pair of fine wrought-iron gates by Robert Davies of Wrexham in the park to the
Berwick_House
1973 compilation album by Pink Floyd
right represents "a fine kettle of fish". Another picture presents two puns on the album title: a nice pear, and an image of a woman's pair of breasts; the
A_Nice_Pair
Creation of particle-antiparticle pair from a neutral boson
Pair production is the creation of a subatomic particle and its antiparticle from a neutral boson. Examples include creating an electron and a positron
Pair_production
Name for Christian holy day of Pentecost
Tuesday, in the morning, a fine Holland smock and ribbons, to be run for by girls and young women. And in the afternoon six pairs of buckskin gloves to be
Whitsun
American comedian and actor (born 1965)
tried to take a gun on a flight and received two years probation and a fine. In March 1997, Lawrence was arrested after punching a man in a Hollywood nightclub
Martin_Lawrence
English former footballer and pundit (born 1978)
after referring to the mother of a critic as a "sket", a Jamaican slang word for a promiscuous female. Ferdinand was fined £25,000 for the offence and banned
Rio_Ferdinand
American actor and comedian (born 1970)
film A Night at the Roxbury. Kattan's celebrity impersonations included Clay Aiken, Christiane Amanpour, Antonio Banderas, Andy Dick, Larry Fine, Bill
Chris_Kattan
British professional boxer (1978–2025)
years old and put a pair of gloves on and started walloping the bag, and my amateur coach said, "Look at him, look how evil he is. He's a little Hitman."
Ricky_Hatton
Philosophical theory attributed to Plato
on to raise a further pair of difficulties with Socrates' version of the Forms. Despite Parmenides' characterization of this latter pair as, together
Theory_of_forms
American actor and filmmaker (born 1974)
University's graduate acting program at the Tisch School of the Arts, earning a Master of Fine Arts degree. Radnor was cast as the lead in The WB series Off Centre
Josh_Radnor
International cricket tour
a highest score of 162. In the 1933 edition of Wisden, Nayudu was selected as one of the five Cricketers of the Year for 1932. India had a fine pair of
Indian cricket team in England in 1932
Indian_cricket_team_in_England_in_1932
1995 Japanese animated film directed by Yoshifumi Kondō
of becoming a master luthier. She begs him to play the violin for her, and he agrees, but on the condition that she sings along. The pair perform "Take
Whisper_of_the_Heart
Stones used in gristmills, for grinding wheat or other grains
grinding stones. Millstones come in pairs: a stationary base with a convex rim known as the bedstone (or nether millstone) and a concave-rimmed runner stone that
Millstone
UNESCO World Heritage Site
the majority of which are in the Museo Nazionale in Naples, notably a fine pair of Nereids riding on sea monsters. Remains of an amphitheatre and theatre
Formia
Indian actor (1922–2000)
had this great pairing with Sheikh Mukhtar – one was very tall and one very short – they looked very good together and made a fine pair. They were known
Mukri
Japanese joshi puroresu wrestler (1997–2020)
promotion on March 30, 2016, against her classmate, Reika Saiki, in a losing effort. The pair wrestled against each other many times throughout 2016 in Wrestle-1
Hana_Kimura
American singer and songwriter (born 1999)
father was a writer and producer for Scrubs and The Middle. She studied at New York University and graduated in 2021 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Afterwards
Audrey_Hobert
Species of bird
although evidence suggests that extra-pair copulation is relatively common. In the spring, males establish a territory and then display to females by
Baltimore_oriole
American lyricist and songwriter (1913–1991)
both were working on a short-lived Broadway show, The Straw Hat Revue. Fine wrote the lyrics and music for the show. Although the pair had never met before
Sylvia_Fine
Indian dancer and actress (born 1970)
to become a classical dancer. In Kokila (1990), she paired with Naresh, and In Alludugaru (1990) she starred opposite Mohan Babu and was a remake of Malayalam
Shobana
Largest type of black hole
the merged mass, eventually forming a pair with a separation of under a kiloparsec. The interaction of this pair with surrounding stars and gas will then
Supermassive_black_hole
Italian actor (1909–1996)
(1968) – Il cardinale Masoli – il sovrintentdente del tesoro vaticano A Fine Pair (1968) – Uncle Camillo Marini La prova generale (1968) Youth March (1969)
Guido_Alberti
Tests of special relativity
annihilation and pair production. For instance, the rest energy of electrons and positrons is 0.51 MeV (0.082 pJ) respectively. When a photon interacts
Tests of relativistic energy and momentum
Tests_of_relativistic_energy_and_momentum
American soul and R&B singer (1934–1984)
Hall of Fame. 1958: He's So Fine 1959: Lonely Teardrops 1959: So Much 1960: Jackie Sings the Blues 1960: A Woman, a Lover, a Friend 1961:You Ain't Heard
Jackie_Wilson
Upcoming video game
market and won many people over with its humor - but perhaps in a different way than Pocket Pair had hoped. The little monsters in the game are called Pals
Palworld
British civil servant (1793–1841)
Khan. At a meeting with Wazir Akbar Khan outside Kabul on 23 December 1841, Macnaghten presented Wazir Akbar Khan with a fine pair of pistols as a gesture
William_Hay_Macnaghten
Maker of bespoke boots and shoes
this coup by speculatively making a fine pair of riding boots for the Prince of Wales which he had delivered with a request to be appointed bootmaker
John_Lobb
Indian tabla player
March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2020. "Bach and North Indian music make a fine pair - the Boston Globe". The Boston Globe. "Amjad Ali Khan's concert on 'peace
Amit_Kavthekar
Parameter-efficient fine-tuning technique for large language models
LoRA (Low-Rank Adaptation) is a parameter-efficient fine-tuning technique for large language models and other deep neural networks. Introduced in 2021
LoRA_(machine_learning)
British footwear manufacturer
Glasgow and began by searching for a suitable factory, which they eventually found at the Castle Mill in Edinburgh. A fine pair of condensing steam engines and
Hunter_Boot_Ltd
Nonconsensual taking of someone's property
years or a fine of the fifth category. Article 311 consists of the following: Part 1. Punishable with maximum imprisonment of 6 years or a fine of the fourth
Theft
Software development methodology
areas, derived from the best practices of software engineering. Pair programming is a method of programming in which code is produced by two people programming
Extreme_programming_practices
Dimensionless number that quantifies the strength of the electromagnetic interaction
In physics, the fine-structure constant, also known as the Sommerfeld constant, commonly denoted by α (the Greek letter alpha), is a fundamental physical
Fine-structure_constant
Italian film director (1930–2023)
I'm Cold (1967) A Fine Pair (1968) Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera (1970) The Suspect (1975) Tre operai (1980) (TV film) A Tale of Love (1986)
Francesco_Maselli
Indian actress (born 1969)
onscreen pairing with actor Govinda. Neelam Kothari was born in Hong Kong to a Gujarati Jain father Shishir Kothari and Parsi mother Parveen Kothari. As a child
Neelam_Kothari
Attraction in Buckinghamshire, England
Oxfordshire and a forge from Garston, Hertfordshire. A fine pair of cottages from 57 Compton Avenue at Leagrave, near Luton which started out as a weather-boarded
Chiltern_Open_Air_Museum
American artist (born 1949)
School of Fine Arts, Brown University. Wexler has worked collaboratively with his partner and wife Ellen Wexler; a 2006 sculpture by the pair is installed
Allan_Wexler
International scientific research project (1990–2003)
the base pairs that make up human DNA, and of identifying, mapping and sequencing all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional
Human_Genome_Project
2019 Tamil film
an 80-year-old man, bedridden for the past three months in a coma, suddenly wakes up one fine day to overhear his family planning to kill him by performing
K.D._(film)
Husband-and-wife environmental installation artist duo
were both born on June 13, 1935, in Bulgaria and Morocco, respectively. The pair met and married in Paris in the late 1950s. Originally working under Christo's
Christo_and_Jeanne-Claude
American mixed martial artist
Shooto. Nick is the older brother of former UFC fighter Nate Diaz, with the pair of brothers being one of the biggest influences in the sport of MMA. Diaz
Nick_Diaz
Italian Renaissance painter (1445–1510)
another. The two also routinely collaborated, as in the panels from a dismantled pair of cassoni, now divided between the Louvre, the National Gallery of
Sandro_Botticelli
Annual Australian music awards
simply The ARIAs) were a series of award ceremonies which included the 2013 ARIA Artisan Awards, ARIA Hall of Fame Awards, ARIA Fine Arts Awards and ARIA
2013_ARIA_Music_Awards
American comedy writer and playwright (1928–2009)
and Peter Barnes) (1966) A Fine Pair (1967) (uncredited) Eddie (1971) (TV) The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine (1971) (TV) M*A*S*H (1972–1983) (TV) (also
Larry_Gelbart
German musician and composer (born 1946)
Schneider while studying improvisation at the Robert Schumann Hochschule. The pair started performing at happenings and art galleries in the late 1960s, subsequently
Ralf_Hütter
Species of flowering plant
(10 ft) broad, with a dense, rounded crown. The leaves are evergreen, persisting 2–3 years, ovate to elliptic, borne in opposite pairs, 4–10 cm long and
Viburnum_tinus
Indian actress (born 1976)
2011). "Actress Rambha delivered a baby girl in Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada. Both baby and mother are fine". The Times of India. Retrieved 3
Rambha_(actress)
Indian actress and model
noted "with a bit of fine-tuning she can become big in Telugu films". Catherine next appeared in Paisa (2014) by Krishna Vamsi playing a Muslim girl in
Catherine_Tresa
2021 horror film
been heard from in months. The pair come across an abandoned tent, with the remaining items indicating it belonged to a family. Martin is revealed to still
In_the_Earth
Species of small freshwater animal
segments each bear a single pair of limbs. They are followed by segments that are fused similarly to those of millipedes, and as a result, each segment
Triops_longicaudatus
Drafting instrument
A compass, also commonly known as a pair of compasses, is a technical drawing instrument that can be used for inscribing circles or arcs. As dividers
Compass_(drawing_tool)
Gold mining implement
collection pocket for fine gold. Later rockers (including most modern ones) dispensed with the flexible apron and used a pair of solid wood or metal
Rocker_box
Species of beetle
first segment is orange. The head and pronotum are orange and shiny, with fine pubescence visible on the head. The shape of the pronotum is variable, but
Rhagonycha_fulva
Motor vehicle
(includes a Storage Bag Fond), seat organiser, ski and snowboard bag (max 4 pairs of skis or 3 snowboards, integrated rollers, handles and a shoulder strap)
BMW_X5_(F15)
Tool used to measure dimensions of an object
like scissors or glasses. Colloquially, the phrase "pair of verniers" or just "vernier" might refer to a vernier caliper. In loose colloquial usage, these
Calipers
American art collector (1857–1911)
destroyed. As a result, Weld spent an extended amount of time with his Bostonian friends William Sturgis Bigelow and Ernest Fenollosa. The pair had already
Charles_Goddard_Weld
Australia international rugby league footballer
on a three-year deal. On 1 January, it was reported that Walsh became involved in a verbal altercation with Gold Coast player David Fifita. The pair needed
Reece_Walsh
UFC mixed martial arts event in 2016
at UFC 207 because of a rule in the UFC's anti-doping policy with USADA, but not because she had failed a drug test. The pair eventually fought at UFC
UFC_207
Piece of equipment used to direct a horse
easily put a foot through a pair of reins that are attached to one another. Even with split reins, a horse can still step on a rein, jerk its head up and
Bridle
Openwork fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand
Shetland lace, such as the "wedding ring shawl", a lace shawl so fine that it can be pulled through a wedding ring. Machine-made lace is any style of lace
Lace
Binder used as basic ingredient of concrete
and is usually made from limestone. It is a fine powder, produced by heating limestone and clay minerals in a kiln to form clinker, and then grinding the
Portland_cement
Austrian-American chef and restaurateur (born 1949)
Puck became a grandfather when Cameron's son Maxwell was born. In 1993, Spago Hollywood was inducted into the Nation's Restaurant News Fine Dining Hall
Wolfgang_Puck
Australian rock musician (1946–2017)
Tramp, Eddie Avana, Moondance, Haffy's Whiskey Sour, and Band of Hope. The pair worked with Young's elder brother Alex in Grapefruit. Young and Vanda returned
George_Young_(rock_musician)
Canadian pop music duo
Elijah Woods x Jamie Fine (pronounced Elijah Woods "ex" Jamie Fine) were a Canadian pop music duo that consisted of songwriter and producer Elijah Woods
Elijah_Woods_x_Jamie_Fine
originally aired on CBS from 1993 to 1999, starring Fran Drescher as Fran Fine, a fashion queen from Flushing, New York who becomes the nanny of three children
List_of_The_Nanny_characters
Type of machine learning model
pre-trained transformers (GPTs) are a type of LLM that is pre-trained to predict the next word. GPTs are then often fine-tuned to follow instructions and
Large_language_model
1973 studio album by Genesis
Charisma boss Tony Stratton Smith). In October 1973 a pair of dates in the tour were filmed by Charisma for a possible cinema release, but the plan was rejected
Selling_England_by_the_Pound
British retired comedian (born 1962)
Time Out, Radio Times and The Guardian. In 2019 he started studying a degree in fine art at the Duncan of Jordanstone School of Art, Dundee University.
Phill_Jupitus
British cartoon television series
Nessie. Clever-Ness The most intelligent of the Nessies, who sports a fine pair of spectacles. Slightly old and doddering, but if called upon to assist
The_Family-Ness
Horn of a bovid used as a drinking vessel
with silver. The remains of a notable example were recovered from the Sutton Hoo burial. The British Museum also has a fine pair of 6th century Anglo-Saxon
Drinking_horn
English actress, singer (1933–1992)
identify a series she would like to be in. Discussions followed between Brown and script editor Midge Mackenzie, and the pair devised the idea for a drama
Georgia Brown (English singer)
Georgia_Brown_(English_singer)
Hypothesis about life in the universe
The fine-tuned universe is the hypothesis that, because "life as we know it" could not exist if the constants of nature—such as the electron charge or
Fine-tuned_universe
Largest class of crustaceans
The fine particles and soluble material are then moved into the midgut where chemical processing and absorption takes place in one or more pairs of large
Malacostraca
2003 American science fiction action film by John Woo
the pair on the catwalk. FBI agents storm the lab, and one appears on the catwalk, the same tableau that Jennings had seen. As the FBI fires, a watch
Paycheck_(film)
Russian-American comedian, actor and model (born 1977)
Porto featured in a Tron: Legacy inspired photoshoot for Playboy. Photographed by Jared Ryder and filmed in Miami, Game On featured the pair nude and painted
Irina_Voronina
American dance apparel manufacturer
to shoemaker when he created a fine pair of shoes for Polish tenor Jean de Reszke in an emergency. His shop soon became a meeting place for dancers who
Capezio
16th century division of the world
or in pairs along the façade of a building with a central doorway. They were common subjects for prints, and later small porcelain figures. A set of
Four_continents
Irish folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist (born 1945)
mother was a Fine Gael election candidate and his brother is fellow singer-songwriter Luka Bloom (née Barry Moore) His nephew is Conor Byrne, a traditional
Christy_Moore
Variety of grape
(il Barolo del Sud) due to its ability to produce highly refined, complex fine wines like the famous wine from Piedmont, Barolo. The origins of both the
Aglianico
Device to measure the passage of time
represent a Chuncho jungle dweller. In Zulu textiles they symbolise a married man, as opposed to a pair of triangles joined at the base, which symbolise a married
Hourglass
Type of restaurant
As fine dining prioritizes experience as much as food, a sommelier or dedicated wine bar often enhances the experience by recommending wine pairings for
Fine_dining
Systems for measuring textiles
the overall yarn is fine or because fibers within this yarn are thin. A 75-denier yarn is considered fine even if it contains only a few fibers, such as
Units_of_textile_measurement
Cathedral in Sicily
mosaic, and a larger central window of ogival shape. Two other pairs of circular windows are located at the transept's ends. The cathedral has a cloister
Cefalù_Cathedral
In the conventional kiddushin ceremony, a pair of blessings is recited and the bridegroom gives his bride a ring, proclaiming that he is marrying his
Conservative Judaism and homosexuality
Conservative_Judaism_and_homosexuality
Cuban chess player (1888–1942)
November 1927 for Alekhine's conditions for a return match. Fine, R. (1983) [1958]. Lessons from My Games: A Passion for Chess. Dover. p. 80. ISBN 0-486-24429-6
José_Raúl_Capablanca
Green-skinned grape variety
few wines that can pair well with sushi. Along with Riesling, Sauvignon blanc was one of the first fine wines to be bottled with a screwcap in commercial
Sauvignon_blanc
Irish political party
government with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, parties she believed would damage public enthusiasm for environmentalist policies by pairing them with "socially
Green_Party_(Ireland)
German actor (1927–2011)
Inspector Jakubowski Love Thy Neighbour (1967) .... Forfatter Sven Gjeholm A Fine Pair (1968) .... Franz Klassenkeile [de] (1969) .... Dr. Wagner The New Adventures
Walter_Giller
Attribute of data
The return type of a dependent function may depend on the value (not just type) of one of its arguments. A dependent pair may have a second value of which
Data_type
Restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, England
The Fat Duck is a fine dining restaurant in Bray, Berkshire, England, owned by the chef Heston Blumenthal. Housed in a 16th-century building, the Fat Duck
The_Fat_Duck
Dutch dredging and heavylift company
connection with the expansion of the Suez Canal. During late March 2021, a pair of Boskalis tugboats assisted the eleven Egyptian tugs in the dredging and
Boskalis
2008 film by G. Marimuthu
eyes) is a 2008 Tamil-language romantic drama film written and directed by G. Marimuthu. Prasanna plays the leading role, and Udhayathara pairs with him
Kannum_Kannum
Species of bivalve
and in the North Sea. It prefers fine, silty sand, but is also found in mud or gravel. Abra alba feeds by means of a pair of separate long, extensible siphons
Abra_alba
1982 studio album by The Damned
tracks, including an egg whisk and a pair of jeans being ripped. At the end of the track "Bad Time for Bonzo", a sound of a flushing toilet was used. Critics
Strawberries_(album)
Nuclear fusion reaction
angular momentum. Pair production from an excited 0+ state is possible because their combined spins (0) can couple to a reaction that has a change in angular
Triple-alpha_process
A FINE-PAIR
A FINE-PAIR
Male
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian form of Old Norse Finnr, FINN means "from Finland." Compare with another form of Finn.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : from Middle English pine, Old French pin, a topographic name for someone who lived by a conspicuous pine tree or in a pine forest. It may also be a Norman habitational name from any of various places named with this word, such as Le Pin in Calvados; in other cases it may originally have been a nickname for a tall man, one thought to resemble a pine tree.German : variant spelling of Peine.
Girl/Female
Celtic Irish
Fire or joy.
Surname or Lastname
English (southwestern)
English (southwestern) : occupational name for a servant, from Middle English hine ‘lad’, ‘servant’ (originally a collective term for a body of servants, from an Old English plural noun, hīwan ‘household’).Americanized spelling of German Hein.
Male
Irish
 Old Irish form of modern Gaelic Fionn, FINN means "fair, white." In Irish legend, this is the name of a hero, Finn MacCool, who became all-knowing after eating a magic salmon. Compare with another form of Finn.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Fine.
Male
Romanian
Pet form of Romanian Åžtefan, FANE means "crown."
Girl/Female
French, German, Irish, Swedish
Tribe of the Irish; The Lord Judges
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, FIFE means "from Fife," a place said to have gotten its name from the legendary Pictish hero Fib.
Female
Italian
Short form of Italian Serafina, FINA means "burning one" or "serpent." Also used as a short form of other names ending with -fina. The masculine form is Fino.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a clever or elegant man, from Old French fin ‘fine’, ‘delicate’, ‘skilled’, ‘cunning’ (originally a noun from Latin finis ‘end’, ‘extremity’, ‘boundary’, later used also as an adjective in the sense ‘ultimate’, ‘excellent’).Jewish (American) : Americanized spelling of Fein.
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, German, Hebrew, Japanese, Netherlands, Swedish, Turkish
A Resolute Protector
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived near a vineyard, or a metonymic occupational name for a vine dresser, from Middle English vine ‘vine(yard)’ (Old French vi(g)ne). Vine growing was formerly more common in England than it is now, and there are several minor places in southern England named from their vineyard, any of which may be partial sources of the surname. See also Vineyard, Wingard.Spanish (Viñe) : variant of Viña (see Vina).
Male
Italian
Short form of Italian Serafino, FINO means "burning one" or "serpent." Also used as a short form of other names ending with -fino. The feminine form is Fina.
Female
German
Short form of German Wilhelmine, MINE means "will-helmet."
Female
Yiddish
 Yiddish name derived from the word bin(e), BINE means "bee." Compare with other forms of Bine.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a refiner of gold and other metals, from Middle English fine(n) ‘to refine or purify’ (a derivative of fine ‘fine’, ‘pure’).Probably a translated form of German Feiner.
Girl/Female
Irish
Ancient Irish name from the noun aine that means “splendor, radiance, brilliance.†Aine is connected with fruitfulness and prosperity. The queen of the Munster fairies was called Aine as was one of the wives of Fionn Mac Cool (read the legend). Aine appears in folktales as “the best-hearted woman who ever lived – lucky in love and in money.â€
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from the medieval female personal name Line, a reduced form of Cateline (see Catlin) and of various other names, such as Emmeline and Adeline, containing the Anglo-Norman French diminutive suffix -line (originally a double diminutive, composed of the elements -el and -in).French (Liné) : metonymic occupational name for a linen weaver or a linen merchant, from an Old French adjective liné ‘made of linen’.
Female
Yiddish
Yiddish form of Hebrew Diynah, DINE means "judgment."
A FINE-PAIR
A FINE-PAIR
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Oriya, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Telugu
The Father of Lord Rama
Girl/Female
Latin
Of Mars. Feminine of Marcus. Mars was mythological Roman god of fertility also identified with...
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
In a Sastra
Boy/Male
Hindu
Beautiful
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
King
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Malayalam, Marathi, Mythological, Sanskrit
A Fair One; Lord Shiva; Husband of Gauri Parvati
Girl/Female
Tamil
Chaitaalee | சைதாலீ
Born in th month of chaitra/ ancient city
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Yellow Skill Cloth
Girl/Female
Tamil
Prayaathi | பà¯à®°à®¯à®¾à®¤à¯€
Goes
Boy/Male
Hindu
Mix
A FINE-PAIR
A FINE-PAIR
A FINE-PAIR
A FINE-PAIR
A FINE-PAIR
imp. & p. p.
of Fine
n.
A series or succession of ancestors or descendants of a given person; a family or race; as, the ascending or descending line; the line of descent; the male line; a line of kings.
superl.
Not coarse; comminuted; in small particles; as, fine sand or flour.
a.
To make finer, or less coarse, as in bulk, texture, etc.; as. to fine the soil.
n.
To impose a pecuniary penalty upon for an offense or breach of law; to set a fine on by judgment of a court; to punish by fine; to mulct; as, the trespassers were fined ten dollars.
v. t.
To rub, smooth, or cut away, with a file; to sharpen with a file; as, to file a saw or a tooth.
v. i.
To march in a file or line, as soldiers, not abreast, but one after another; -- generally with off.
v. t.
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
n.
A measuring line or cord.
a.
To make fine; to refine; to purify, to clarify; as, to fine gold.
v. t.
To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
superl.
Made of fine materials; light; delicate; as, fine linen or silk.
a.
To change by fine gradations; as (Naut.), to fine down a ship's lines, to diminish her lines gradually.
superl.
Not thick or heavy; slender; filmy; as, a fine thread.
v. i.
To pay a fine. See Fine, n., 3 (b).
superl.
Having (such) a proportion of pure metal in its composition; as, coins nine tenths fine.
v. t.
To form into a line; to align; as, to line troops.
superl.
Thin; attenuate; keen; as, a fine edge.
v. i.
To play on a fife.
v. t.
To read or repeat line by line; as, to line out a hymn.