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Fineness n.

The quality or condition of being fine.

Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor. "The fineness of the gold, and chargeful fashion."

The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins. Note: The fineness of United States coin is nine tenths, that of English gold coin is eleven twelfths, and that of English silver coin is 925:1000.

Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle's point, or of the edge of a blade.

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Etymology of 'Fineness'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fineness" Quotes from Famous Books

... did not notice any difference in the fineness of the earlier and later writings. The first communication began and ended with a ...

— Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University • The Seybert Commission

... wrinkles. His jaw was underhung, and when he laughed, two white buck-teeth protruded themselves and glistened savagely in the midst of the grin. He had been dining with royal personages, and wore his garter and ribbon. A short man was his Lordship, broad-chested and bow-legged, but proud of the fineness of his foot and ankle, and always caressing ...

— Vanity Fair • William Makepeace Thackeray

... as a preliminary, taking note of his length, breadth, and fineness of limb; length and thickness of muzzle and side of face; and, having aided the recollection by the use of the callipers, and made all necessary notes, lay him on the skinning table, back downwards, and, separating ...

— Practical Taxidermy • Montagu Browne

... Collier Pratt should suddenly call her to account for her interference with his rights as a parent, but he seemed entirely oblivious of the fact that Sheila had changed her shabby studio black for the most cobwebby of muslins and linens, frocks that by virtue of their exquisite fineness cost Nancy considerably more ...

— Outside Inn • Ethel M. Kelley

... public washing-troughs, the ramparts on which the weary soldiers rest themselves when returned to Troy, are fair and smooth; all the fine qualities, in colour and texture, of woven stuff are carefully noted—the fineness, closeness, softness, pliancy, gloss, the whiteness or nectar-like tints in which the weaver delights to work; to weave the sea-purple threads is the appropriate function of queens and noble women. All the Homeric shields are more or less ornamented ...

— Greek Studies: A Series of Essays • Walter Horatio Pater

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