Finishing
['fɪnɪʃɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Finish
(n.) The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.
(a.) Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.
Editor: Woodrow
Examples
- The red ball is dyed after seasoning, and at the time of final turning called finishing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- An important branch of the textile art is cloth finishing, whereby the rough surface of the cloth as it comes from the loom is rendered soft and smooth. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Volumnia's finishing the sentence restores her to favour. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The completed rail is then covered with a finishing strip, known as the blind rail, which covers the unsightly bolt heads and adds to the artistic effect of the table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Let me have the pleasure of finishing that speech to your ladyship, said he. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- You needn't be so rude, it's only a 'lapse of lingy', as Mr. Davis says, retorted Amy, finishing Jo with her Latin. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Ben is finishing his studies at college, and continues to behave as well as when you knew him, so that I still think he will make you a good son. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Will, in finishing his pathetic speech, appeared almost on the point of shedding tears. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- I sat there for another hour or more, finishing my books and payments and getting through plenty of business. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Saint Laurence on a gridiron, added Laurie, blandly finishing the sentence. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Heel trimmed and shoe ready for finishing. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- For then his brother's bow must have given the finishing stroke to what the ill-humour of his mother and sister would have begun. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Now, sir,' said Venus, finishing off; 'you best know what was in that Dutch bottle, and why you dug it up, and took it away. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The machine first cuts the buttonhole, then transfers it to the stitching devices, which stitch and bar the buttonhole, finishing it entirely in an automatic manner. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Another method of finishing the cloth is to iron or press it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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