gonoblastid (medicine) and fine(4) (iou)

gonoblastid (medicine)

gonoblastid
<zoology> A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore.

See: Gonoblastidium.

Source: Websters Dictionary

fine adjective & adverb. ME.
[Old & mod. French fin from Proto-Romance from Latin finire FINISH verb.]
A. adjective.
I.
Of superior quality; very good of its kind. ME.
S. Raven He drank half a bottle of very fine claret.
Free from dross or impurity; clear, pure, refined. ME.
b. Of gold or silver: containing a specified (high) proportion of pure metal. LME.
c. Of a liquid: pure, clear, transparent. Now chiefly dial. L15.
Sheer, absolute, perfect; iron. consummate, egregious. ME-E18.
Virtuous, morally upright; honourable, noble. ME.
Very skilful, highly accomplished. ME.
N. Mitford He was said to be the finest billiards player in the British Isles.
Excellent, of striking merit, admirable; (amongst collectors of coins, books, etc.) in a good but not excellent state of preservation. ME.
G. Saintsbury The greatest artist could have done nothing finer. iron.: Browning A fine way to paint soul, by painting body So ill.
b. Good, enjoyable; (in weakened sense) satisfactory, acceptable, all right. M19.
C. Kingsley He thought of the fine times coming when he would be a man. K. Amis 'You don't mind, do you?'..'Fine with me.'
Remarkably good-looking, handsome, beautiful; imposing, dignified. LME.
D. H. Lawrence He was a fine fellow, big, straight and fearless-looking. E. Mannin A fine big house with a pillared porch, like a Greek temple.
b. Of good size; large, well-grown. L16.
Mrs H. Wood He is not a fine child, for he is remarkably small; but he is a very pretty one.
Of dress etc.: ornate, showy, smart. E16.
Proverb: Fine feathers make fine birds.
Characterized by or affecting refinement or elegance. M16.
W. Besant He's only a working man, you see. He hasn't got your fine ways.
Of a thought, saying, etc.: admirably conceived or expressed. L17.
Hobbes Two or three fine sayings are not enough to make a wit.
b. Of speech, Writing, etc.: ornate, elegant, affected. L18.
H. Chapone Idle gallantry and unmeaning fine speeches.
c. Flattering, complimentary; euphemistic. M19.
J. Morley Hardly..more than a fine name for self-indulgence.
Of the weather, a day, etc.: bright, clear; free from rain or fog, and with some sunshine. E18.
A. Ayckbourn It is a fine evening, the sun streams through the French windows.
In good Health or spirits; well. L18.
H. Hood There's nothing wrong with my heart...I'm fine, just fine.
II. Delicate, subtle.
Delicately beautiful; exquisitely fashioned. LME.
b. Of emotion etc.: elevated, refined. E17.
Delicate in structure; thin, filmy. LME.
I. McEwan His hair was unnaturally fine, like a baby's.
b. Very small; in small particles. M16.
J. Steinbeck A fine sandy dust arose from the land.
Extremely thin or slender. LME.
Spenser Like a crane his neck was long and fyne.
b. Cricket. Behind the wicket and near the line of flight of the ball. M19.
Of a weapon, tool, etc.: having a sharp point or edge. LME.
Clever, subtle, ingenious; cunning, artful. LME-M18.
Capable of delicate perception or discrimination. M16.
A. Bain The part endowed with the finer tactile power feels the Other.
Not easily perceptible; subtle, minute, precise. M16.
T. Stoppard I was just explaining one or two of the finer points.
b. adverb. Now chiefly colloq. & dial.
Well, very well; completely, thoroughly. ME.
D. Macdonald Most of the tricks were good tricks and they worked fine.
In a fine manner; elegantly. E16.
Swift The neighbours who come here to dine Admire to hear me speak so fine.
Delicately, subtly; precisely. L16.
Special collocations, comb., & phrases (of adjective & adverb): as fine as fivepence: see FIVE adjective & noun. cut it fine allow very little margin, time, space, etc. fine and dandy colloq. first-rate; (of a person) well. fine-axe verb trans. face (stone) to a smooth surface by tapping with a mason's axe. fine chemicals: see CHEMICAL noun. fine cut a kind of finely-shredded tobacco. fine-cut adjective finely cut or shredded. fine-draw verb trans. (a) sew together (two pieces of cloth, the edges of a rent, etc.) so that the join is barely perceptible; (b) draw out to extreme thinness or subtlety. fine-drawn adjective (a) subtle, extremely thin; (b) Sport (now rare) reduced in weight by Training. fine feathers gaudy plumage (lit. & fig.). fine gentleman a man characterized by refined manners and tastes; derog. a man of Fashion, a dandy, a man who thinks himself above working. fine-grain adjective fine-grained; Photography of or capable of producing an image which may be considerably enlarged without appearing grainy. fine-grained adjective having a fine grain; consisting of small particles. fine-hair verb trans. remove fine hairs or down from (a pelt). fine-hand adjective written in a fine or delicate hand. fine lady a woman of quality or refinement; derog. a woman of Fashion, a woman who thinks herself above working. fine print = small print s.v. SMALL adjective. fine-spun adjective spun or drawn out to a fine thread, delicate, flimsy; fig. excessively subtle or refined, unpractical. fine structure small-scale or detailed variation in structure, texture, appearance, etc., esp. (Physics) the presence of closely-spaced lines in spectra (cf. HYPERFINE); fine-structure constant, a fundamental (and dimensionless) physical constant, equal to approximately 1 / 137, which occurs in expressions describing the fine structure of the atomic spectra of hydrogen, helium, etc. fine-tooth comb a comb with narrow close-set teeth; go over with a fine-tooth comb, go through with a fine-tooth comb, search or examine thoroughly. fine-tooth-comb verb trans. comb (a person's hair) with a fine-tooth comb; fig. search or examine thoroughly. fine-tune verb trans. make delicate adjustments to. fine tuner a device for fine tuning. fine tuning the process of making delicate adjustments (to an instrument etc., fig. the economy etc.). fine-weather adjective fit or suitable only for fine weather. fine weather for ducks: see DUCK noun1. not put too fine a point on it, not put too fine a point upon it, not put too fine an edge on it, not put too fine an edge upon it speak bluntly. one fine day once upon a time. one of these fine days some day in the future. one's finest hour the time of one's greatest Success. run it fine = cut it fine above.

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