Definition of fineness

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

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Flock :: Flock (n.) Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture..
Fineness :: Fineness (a.) The quality or condition of being fine.
Carat :: Carat (n.) A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.
Fineness :: Fineness (a.) The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins..
Sort :: Sort (v. t.) To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness..
Thread :: Thread (n.) Fig.: Composition; quality; fineness.
Betterness :: Betterness (n.) The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.
Merino :: Merino (n.) A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the fineness of its wool..
Wool :: Wool (n.) The soft and curled, or crisped, species of hair which grows on sheep and some other animals, and which in fineness sometimes approaches to fur; -- chiefly applied to the fleecy coat of the sheep, which constitutes a most essential material of clothing in all cold and temperate climates..
Corolla :: Corolla (n.) The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom..
Pyx :: Pyx (v. t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx..
Finery :: Finery (n.) Fineness; beauty.
Pyx :: Pyx (n.) A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.
Subtilty :: Subtilty (n.) The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light..
Pickedness :: Pickedness (n.) Fineness; spruceness; smartness.
Matte :: Matte (n.) A partly reduced copper sulphide, obtained by alternately roasting and melting copper ore in separating the metal from associated iron ores, and called coarse metal, fine metal, etc., according to the grade of fineness. On the exterior it is dark brown or black, but on a fresh surface is yellow or bronzy in color..
Exility :: Exility (a.) Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness..
Fineness :: Fineness (a.) Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor..
Superfinical :: Superfineness (n.) The state of being superfine.
Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame..
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