n. [ L. finire to finish, end. See Finish. ] (Arch.) The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fine, a. ] Affectedly fine; overnice; unduly particular; fastidious. “Finical taste.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gross style consists in giving no detail, the finical in giving nothing else. Hazlitt.

Syn. -- Finical, Spruce, Foppish. These words are applied to persons who are studiously desirous to cultivate finery of appearance. One who is spruce is elaborately nice in dress; one who is finical shows his affectation in language and manner as well as in dress; one who is foppish distinguishes himself by going to the extreme of the fashion in the cut of his clothes, by the tawdriness of his ornaments, and by the ostentation of his manner. “A finical gentleman clips his words and screws his body into as small a compass as possible, to give himself the air of a delicate person; a spruce gentleman strives not to have a fold wrong in his frill or cravat, nor a hair of his head to lie amiss; a foppish gentleman seeks . . . to render himself distinguished for finery.” Crabb.

-- Fin"i*cal*ly, adv. -- Fin"i*cal*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being finical; finicalness.

{ a. } Finical; unduly particular; excessively demanding over minor details. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. finis end + facere to make. ] A limiting element or quality. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The essential finific in the form of the finite. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Fine, a. + -fy. ] To make fine; to dress finically. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Hath so pared and finified them [ his feet. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Fine, a. + -kin. ] Precise in trifles; idly busy. [ Colloq. ] Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of imposing a fin&unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The process of fining or refining; clarification; also (Metal.), the conversion of cast iron into suitable for puddling, in a hearth or charcoal fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is used to refine; especially, a preparation of isinglass, gelatin, etc., for clarifying beer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fining pot, a vessel in which metals are refined. Prov. xvii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] An end; conclusion. It is often placed at the end of a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Finished p. pr. & vb. n. Finishing. ] [ F. finir (with a stem finiss- in several forms, whence E. -ish: see -ish.), fr. L. finire to limit, finish, end, fr. finis boundary, limit, end; perh. for fidnis, and akin findere to cleave, E. fissure. ] 1. To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate. [ 1913 Webster ]

And heroically hath finished
A life heroic. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.

Syn. -- To end; terminate; close; conclude; complete; accomplish; perfect. [ 1913 Webster ]