Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The process of refining or purifying.
- noun The process of becoming clear: said especially of wine and other liquors.
- noun The material or mixture introduced into liquor to clarify it, as whites of eggs or alum.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of imposing a fin�.
- noun The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire.
- noun That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer.
- noun a vessel in which metals are refined.
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- verb Present participle of
fine .
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Examples
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When an Irish gentleman, like Sir Kit Rackrent, has lived beyond his income, and finds himself distressed for ready money, tenants obligingly offer to take his land at a rent far below the value, and to pay him a small sum of money in hand, which they call fining down the yearly rent.
Castle Rackrent 2006
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Kit Rackrent, has lived beyond his income, and finds himself distressed for ready money, tenants obligingly offer to take his land at a rent far below the value, and to pay him a small sum of money in hand, which they call fining down the yearly rent.
Tales and Novels — Volume 04 Maria Edgeworth 1808
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-- When an Irish gentleman, like Sir Kit Rackrent, has lived beyond his income, and finds himself distressed for ready money, tenants obligingly offer to take his land at a rent far below the value, and to pay him a small sum of money in hand, which they call fining down the yearly rent.
Castle Rackrent Maria Edgeworth 1808
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BTW I agree in fining the businesses the hire illegal aliens
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This filtering, aka fining, is typically performed with fish-bladder isinglass or egg whites, although some companies now choose vegan alternatives such as bentonite clay, silica gel, diatomaceous earth and Irish moss, a seaweed product also known as carrageenan.
Anneli Rufus: Are Animals in Your Cocktail? Anneli Rufus 2011
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This filtering, aka fining, is typically performed with fish-bladder isinglass or egg whites, although some companies now choose vegan alternatives such as bentonite clay, silica gel, diatomaceous earth and Irish moss, a seaweed product also known as carrageenan.
Anneli Rufus: Are Animals in Your Cocktail? Anneli Rufus 2011
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This filtering, aka fining, is typically performed with fish-bladder isinglass or egg whites, although some companies now choose vegan alternatives such as bentonite clay, silica gel, diatomaceous earth and Irish moss, a seaweed product also known as carrageenan.
Anneli Rufus: Are Animals in Your Cocktail? Anneli Rufus 2011
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It's called fining and is often used prior to, or in lieu of, filtration.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed BEPPI CROSARIOL 2011
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Bentonite, a type of clay, is widely used in the so-called fining process to help clarify wine prior to bottling, stripping such particles as dead yeast cells, proteins and tannins that linger after fermentation.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Beppi Crosariol 2012
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After getting copies of the Constitution, sarcastic suggestions, and "some phone calls that were just purely profanity-screaming," Upper Moreland's police chief has dropped the idea of fining people who fail to lock their cars.
Phillies Zone 2010
GHibbs commented on the word fining
My use of fining as a singular noun: 'They use fining as a penalty.'
August 22, 2011
hernesheir commented on the word fining
n. The act of imposing a fin�. --from the definitions.
January 15, 2013