2. Verb. (third-person singular of finish) ¹
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Definition of Finishes
1. finish [v] - See also: finish
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finishes
Literary usage of Finishes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World by Jonathan Swift (1894)
"He contrives and finishes a Canoo, by the help of a Fellow-Servant, and puts to
Sea at a venture. I HAD settled my little Oeconomy to my own Heart's content ..."
2. Universal Dictionary of Mechanical Drawing by George Herbert Follows (1906)
"In the matter of finishes it is distinctly poor practice for a draw- ing to ...
The finishes that it is necessary to specify in mechanical drawings can be ..."
3. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by Nathan Clarke Johnson, George Albert Hool (1920)
"Stucco finishes may be divided into three groups according to texture: (1) Dash
finishes of the "wet" and "dry" types, (2) smooth finishes comprising the ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1860)
"... into three parts: the first finishes at the pontificate of St. Gregory; the
second goes as far as the fifteenth century; and the third to his own time. ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1894)
"... When it finishes its task of eliminating the filaments as it has the anthers
of the stamens in many of the pistillate blossoms, and gets rid of the ..."
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