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Definition of Finers
1. finer [n] - See also: finer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finers
Literary usage of Finers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Original Letters Illustrative of English History: Including Numerous Royal by Henry Ellis (1846)
"The finers of Durham wait his Grace's pleasure. Value of certain lands purchased
by the Cardinal. College of Ipswich. Exchange for the Preceptory of Sand- ..."
2. The Upper Canada Law Journal and Local Courts Gazette by Canadian Bar Association (1855)
"Have the Railroad Locomotives crushed it in their course, or is it in the " finers
pot" again to appear more worthy of its author? We trust this last is so. ..."
3. History of Newcastle and Gateshead by Howard Pease, Richard Welford (1885)
"And he adds that the finers must not lack any ore or other thing which they could
... On the 24th June Strangways and Bellasis report:—" The finers sent for ..."
4. Old English Plate: Ecclesiastical, Decorative, and Domestic : Its Makers and by Wilfred Joseph Cripps (1894)
"2) it was found that whereas in previous times finers and parters of gold and
silver had used to fine and part all the gold and silver needful for the mints ..."
5. The Statutes at Large, of England and of Great Britain: From Magna Carta to by Great Britain, Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, John Raithby (1811)
"... and will fue for it in the King's Exchequer, the other Half. And if any of
whit Finer or finers, Parter or Parters of Gold and Silver, ..."
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