finn.¹

Brit.

/fɪn/, U.S.

/fɪn/

Forms: Old English finn, Middle English–1600s finne, (1600s finn), Middle English fyn(ne, (southern vyn(ne), 1600s– fin. Also 1600s phin.

Etymology: Old English finn strong masculine, cognate with the synonymous Middle Dutch vinne (modern Dutch vin) feminine, Middle Low German finne feminine; the modern German finne is probably adopted < Low German. The Latin pinna fin is probably the same word.

a. An organ attached to various parts of the body in fishes and cetaceans, which serves for propelling and steering in the water. With prefixed adjective, as anal, caudal, dorsal, pectoral, ventral, etc., indicating the part to which the organ is attached. Applied also to similar organs in other animals, as the flipper of a seal, the modified wing of a penguin, etc.

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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > fin or parts of fin

finc1000

spitc1275

ray1668

pinna1688

radius1740

spine1774

interneural1854

fin-ray1863

mesopterygium1871

metapterygium1871

radiale1871

finlet1874

propterygium1876

radial1882

axonost1887

lepidotrichium1904

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > parts of > (types of) fin

finc1000

back-fin?c1225

ventral fin1752

pectoral?a1808

ventral1834

subdorsal1856

pinna1890

the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > wing of

flap1669

fin1699

flipper1868

c1000 Ælfric Leviticus xi. 9 Ne ete ge fisc buton þa þe habbaþ finnas & scilla.

a1225 St. Marher. 9 Þe fisches þat i þe flodes fleoteð wið finnes.

c1300 K. Alis. 6591 They liveth, so theo heryng..Feet and hond buth heore vynnes.

c1400 Rom. Rose 7008 Swimme..Bet than a fish doth with his finne.

c1450 Two Cookery-bks. 104 Take a Sturgeon, and kut of the vyn fro the tayle to þe hede, on þe bakke.

1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 107 The..fish had on euery side a wing, and toward the taile two other lesser as it were finnes.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 345 All Fish..of shell or fin .

1699 W. Hacke Coll. Orig. Voy. ii. 62 Penguins..have..only two Fins or Flaps, wherewith they are helped to swim.

1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xii. 253 If you cut off the pectoral fins, i.e. the pair which lies close behind the gills, the head falls prone to the bottom.

1883 W. H. Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 395/1 Balænoptera [has] a small falcate dorsal fin.

b. (fish) of every fin: = of every species. Cf. feather n.

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the world > animals > fish > [noun] > collective

fisha1400

(fish) of every fin1726

Pisces1805

fishery1828

1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 134 Fish of ev'ry fin thy seas afford.

c. A finned animal; a fish.

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the world > animals > fish > [noun]

fishc825

fin1549

free fish1602

ichthyoid1863

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Yiiii^v Wee..haue not caught one fynne.

1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Theer 'asn't a fin i' the stank.

1893 Daily News 15 Dec. 5/3 It is to be hoped that Mr. Watson will add fins to fur and feathers.

†d. to put out one's fins: figurative ? to bestir oneself eagerly.

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the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > bestir oneself

arisec825

to start upc1275

stirc1275

shifta1400

awakea1450

to put out one's fins?1461

wake1523

to shake one's ears1580

rouse1589

bestira1616

awaken1768

arouse1822

waken1825

to wake snakes1835

roust1841

to flax round1884

to get busy1896

to get one's arse in gear1948

?1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 264 And now he and alle his olde felaweship put owt their fynnes and arn right flygge and mery.

2. Something resembling a fish's fin.

a. jocularly. The arm and hand (of a man), or simply the hand.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [noun]

armeOE

brawna1382

hand?a1425

branch1594

bridle arm1622

shield-arm1640

smiter1673

sword-arm1687

fin1785

pistol arm1800

spade-arm1804

pinion1848

liver wing1855

bow-arm1860

meathook1919

gun1973

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun]

handeOE

cleche?c1225

fista1300

dallea1500

clutcha1529

gripea1555

famble1567

claw1577

golla1586

patte1586

manus1598

pickers and stealers1604

fore-foota1616

pud1654

daddle?1725

fin1785

mauley1789

feeler1825

maniple1829

flipper1832

flapper1834

grappler1852

duke1874

mitt1893

1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Fin, an arm.

1801 Nelson in A. Duncan Life (1806) 140 ‘I am Lord Nelson; see, here's my fin’..shewing the stump of his right arm.

?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship ii. 12 Lend us a fin, old man, for I feels precious staggery-like.

1896 N.E.D. at Fin Mod. (slang), Tip us your fin (= shake hands).

†b. The lid (of the eye). Obsolete.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > eyelid

breec890

eye-breeOE

eyelida1200

browc1200

lid (of the eye)c1220

palpebre?a1425

window1593

brow-lid1594

fin1604

under-lid1611

palpebra1634

cilia1715

eye-peeper1786

Madonna lid1863

eyewinker1923

1604 J. Marston Malcontent i. iii. sig. B2^v Heres a Knight..shall..ride at the Ring till the finne of his eyes looke as blew as the welkin.

1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy ii. i. sig. D2 The fins of her eie-lids, looke most teeming blew.

c. The baleen of a whale (? obsolete). Hence, a blade or thin strip of whalebone.

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > stiffening > whalebone > strip of

bone1595

whalebone1601

fin1634

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > bone > whalebone

baleenc1325

whale-horn1562

whalebone1604

fin1634

the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) > parts of > bones of mouth > strip of

fin1634

1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxv. xxi. 1013 The finnes that stand forth of their [whales'] mouths, which are commonly called Whale-bones, being dryed and polished, serve to make buskes for women.

1706 London Gaz. No. 4238/4 Cut-Whalebone..in Fins.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fin, a blade of whalebone.

d. plural. Rubber flippers for the feet, to assist underwater swimming.

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the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimming equipment

bladder1623

paddle1823

scaphander1825

swimming-bladder1858

water wing1901

wing1908

nose clip1919

armband1927

flipper1945

fin1960

1960 News Chron. 9 July 6/7 You'd need a pair of fins (£1), a mask (£1) and a breathing tube.

1967 J. Severson Great Surfing Gloss. Fins, rubber flippers used as aids in swimming or body surfing; called swim fins.

3. A projecting part.

†a. A lobe of the liver or lungs. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > lungs > lobe of

lapc1000

leafa1398

lobe?1541

lappet1609

fin1615

the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > liver > lobe of

lapc1000

liver lapOE

fibre1398

mantle?c1425

boss?1541

lobe?1541

lop1601

fillet1607

lappet1609

fin1615

lobbet1662

acinus1701

spigelian lobe1811

Riedel's lobe1897

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 131 In bruite beasts it [the Liuer] is diuided into foure, fiue, or six Lobes or Finnes.

1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 385 Each Lung is diuided into two Lobes or Finnes.

b. A sharp lateral projection on the share or the coulter of a plough.

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the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > coulter > fin

wing1577

fin1652

tush1652

1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxviii. 196 Be carefull in keeping your..Share phin as sharp as may be.

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 247 Having also near the chep of the Plough a small fin to cut the roots of the grass.

1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Plough Some set on the right side of the Coulter a small Wing or Fin, which cuts in two the bottom of the Roots.

1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. viii. 44 A hollow plow-share..has a fin both ways; which fins must also begin at the point.

1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon v. 115 When the land is designed to be ploughed clean..a long pointed share, with a small fin or wing, is used.

c. Mechanics (see quots.).

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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 846/2 Fin, a slip inserted longitudinally into a shaft or arbor, and left projecting so as to form a guide for an object which may slip thereon, but not rotate.

1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 847/1 Fin, a tongue on the edge of a board.

1876 Aitken Guns in G. P. Bevan Brit. Manuf. Industries (Brit. Manuf. Industr.) 21 Presses fitted up with cutting-out tools, punch out, trim, and relieve the stampings from the superfluous metal, or ‘fins’ left after stamping.

d. In aircraft and rockets, esp. as a stabilizer (see quots.).

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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > stabilizer

fin1835

stabilizator1902

equilibrator1908

automatic stabilizer1909

stabilizer1909

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > fin

fin1835

society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun] > other parts of rocket

fin1935

dodger1956

skirt1964

shroud1965

1835 Naut. Mag. 4 612 An internal balloon is fitted for the purpose of ascending and descending at will, and the whole is intended to be propelled by fins, paddles, or wings.

1836 Mag. Domest. Econ. 1 92 There is no fulcrum upon which any oar, paddle, fin, wing or any thing else, can possibly act.

1852 Illustr. London News 20 468/1 By means of the handles at the outer sides, the apparatus contained in the case can be turned round at pleasure, and the position of the fins altered, thus enabling the operator to steer the balloon.

1910 C. C. Turner Aerial Navigation iv. 54 Leppig's Balloon, 1812. It was to be driven by a fin propeller, worked by hand.

1911 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 57/2 An aeroplane..supported largely by the pressure against its body, its wings reduced to mere fins, serving to guide its motion.

1920 Discovery Mar. 78/1 An elliptically-shaped gas-bag provided with a conical-shaped tail filled with air, to which a rudder and stabilising fins are attached.

1935 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. Oct. 13 Fin—wing-like device for stabilizing flight.

1935 Aircraft Engineering Nov. 281/2 The fin to which an anti-icer is fitted is also free from ice.

1950 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) i. 49 Fin. a. A fixed surface outside the envelope or outer cover of a lighter-than-air aircraft providing aerodynamic stability. b. Those parts of the stabilizers of a kite balloon providing stability in pitch.

e. A fin-like appendage to a ship's bottom; a fin-keel; also, a centreboard.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > keel and kelson > keel > types of

sliding keel1797

centreboard1828

bilge-keel1850

ram1851

rocker1859

sidebar keel1869

bar-keel1874

plate-keel1874

bilge-piece1880

fin1885

bulb-keel1893

fin-keel1893

ballast fin1894

bulb-fin1894

plate1895

drop-keel1896

1885 Marine Engineer Apr. 8/1 But it is possible to fit fins, flappers, or shutters.., to the run of a ship so as to be flush with the plates.

1893 Outing 22 147/1 The fin is of Tobin bronze, one-quarter inch thick, six feet long on upper edge.

1897 Outing 30 468/1 Their hulls..are enormously strong, so as to restrain the heavy weight of the fin.

1949 Jane's Fighting Ships 1949–50 36 Fin stabilisers will be fitted to prevent rolling.

f. On a motor vehicle. Hence fin-tailed adj.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [adjective] > with specific body appendages

fin-tailed1959

air-dammed1976

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > fin

tail fin1954

fin1959

1959 Listener 4 June 982/1 Even family cars are now made impressive with the fins which were once the distinguishing mark of sharks.

1960 Guardian 11 Oct. 8/4 The reluctant mums..are induced to step gingerly out of the fintailed cars.

1968 P. M. Postal Aspects Phonol. Theory xiii. 283 There is no more reason for languages to change than there is for automobiles to add fins one year and remove them the next.

4. dialect. The herb restharrow. Also fin-weed.

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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > rest-harrow

cammockc1000

ironhardOE

restelbowea1400

restharrow?1550

petty whin1551

gammock1578

ground furze1578

ground-furze1578

fin1649

cat whin1684

sitfast1808

thorny rest-harrow1822

land-whina1825

lady-whin1886

1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xxiv. 152 They beare plentie of..Phinns, Mosse, and Shar-grasse.

1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 437 Fin, anonis arvensis, restharrow.

1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 204 Where the blushing fin weed's flower Closes up at evening hour.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive.

fin-apparatus n.

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1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 173/2 The connexion which exists between the fin-apparatus and the body of Clio.

fin-membrane n.

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1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 569 The fin-membranes are brown.

b. Objective.

fin-cutting n.

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1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Aug. 5/2 Discovering that the pike gorged our perch ravenously with and without their fins..we gave up the fin-cutting.

c. Parasynthetic and similative.

fin-shaped adj.

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1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 651/2 Fin-shaped caudal processes.

fin-tailed adj.

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1892 Ld. Lytton King Poppy Prol. 319 Tritons stall Their fin-tail'd steeds in azure caverns.

fin-winged adj.

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1820 P. B. Shelley Vision of Sea in Prometheus Unbound 181 A blue shark..The fin-winged tomb of the victor.

C2.

fin-back n. = finner n.; also attributive, as finback calf, finback whale; also fin-backed whale.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual)

gibbert1601

jubartes1616

fin-fish1694

scrag-whale1701

fin-back1726

finner1793

razorback1815

rorqual1824

fin-whale1885

sei whale1912

1726 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 258 The Finback Whale is distinguished from the right Whale, by having a great Fin on his Back.

1843 Zoologist 1 33 Fin~backed whale (Balænoptera boops).

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 151 The Fin-back is not gregarious.

fin-fish n. = finner n.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual)

gibbert1601

jubartes1616

fin-fish1694

scrag-whale1701

fin-back1726

finner1793

razorback1815

rorqual1824

fin-whale1885

sei whale1912

1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 3 A Fin-fish swam by our Ship.

1787 J. Hunter in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 375 When they [whales] are of a certain size, they are brought to us as Porpoises; when larger, they are called Grampus, or Fin~fish.

1843 Zoologist 1 34 It [a whale] is well known among fishermen..by the names of finner, fin-back, fin-fish.

fin-foot n. (a) a swimming-foot; a pleiopod; (b) a name for birds of the genera Heliornis or Podica.

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the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > member of family Heliornithidae (finfoot)

sunbird1727

fin-foot1849

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot used as swimming organ

fin-foot1849

nectopod1896

1849 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (new ed.) 423 Which appendages..are used in swimming, or are fin-feet.

1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 223/2 The..group formed by the..Heliornis, and the..Podica..to which the name ‘Finfoots’ has been applied.

fin-footed adj. Ornithology (a) web-footed; (b) having the toes furnished with flaps or lobes, lobate-footed; (c) ‘in Mollusca, pteropod’ ( Cent. Dict.).

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the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > having webbed feet

fin-footed1646

palmipedous1646

palmiped1661

webbed1664

palmated1766

palmate1826

totipalmate1872

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > having lobed feet

fin-footed1804

pinnatiped1828

lobiped1857

lobe-footed1872

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. i. 234 It [the Pelecan] is.. fin-footed like Swannes.

1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 134 Linnæus..describe[s] it as a genus distinct from..waders in general, on account of its being fin-footed.

fin-keel n. a keel shaped like a dorsal fin inverted.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > keel and kelson > keel > types of

sliding keel1797

centreboard1828

bilge-keel1850

ram1851

rocker1859

sidebar keel1869

bar-keel1874

plate-keel1874

bilge-piece1880

fin1885

bulb-keel1893

fin-keel1893

ballast fin1894

bulb-fin1894

plate1895

drop-keel1896

1893 Westm. Gaz. 21 Feb. 11/2 Boats..exhibiting all the most recent devices in bulb and fin keels.

fin-leg n. the leg of an aquatic insect, used as a fin.

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > leg(s) > of aquatic insect

fin-leg1843

1843 Zoologist 1 57 The fin-legs could not be well made out.

fin-ray n. one of the hard spiny or soft jointed processes which support the skin of the fins.

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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > fin or parts of fin

finc1000

spitc1275

ray1668

pinna1688

radius1740

spine1774

interneural1854

fin-ray1863

mesopterygium1871

metapterygium1871

radiale1871

finlet1874

propterygium1876

radial1882

axonost1887

lepidotrichium1904

1863 Spring Lapl. 162 The same, both in shape, colour, number of scales, and finrays.

† finscale n. Obsolete another name for the rudd n.¹

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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > genus Leuciscus > leuciscus erythrophthalmus (rudd)

shallowc1050

rudd1526

red-eyea1672

finscale1677

redtail1740

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 184 A Fish of the squammous kind, which they call a Finscale, somwhat like a Roach.

1771 Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 318 (note) The fish..is supposed to be the same with the rud or finscale.

fin-spine n. a spine or spiny ray of a fish's fin.

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1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xiii. 228 Detached fin-spines known to the palæontologist as ichthyodorulites.

fin-spined adj. having spiny fins, acanthopterygious.

fin-toed adj. = fin-footed adj. (b).

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > having separate digits > having flaps on the toes

fin-toed1674

1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 91 Such whose toes are divided, which I may call Fin-toed.

1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 439 A bird with fin-toed feet.

fin-weed n. (see sense 4).

fin-whale n. = finner n.

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the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual)

gibbert1601

jubartes1616

fin-fish1694

scrag-whale1701

fin-back1726

finner1793

razorback1815

rorqual1824

fin-whale1885

sei whale1912

1885 S. Tromholt Aurora Borealis II. 283 The family of whales which have been named ‘fin’ whales, from a fin on the back.

Derivatives

fin-like adj.

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1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clvii. 40 Ere..fin-like Oars did spread from either side.

1889 P. H. Emerson Eng. Idyls 43 He stood in his boat rubbing his fin-like hands.

Draft additions December 2016

Surfing and Windsurfing. A projection on the bottom of a surfboard or sailboard near the tail, which enhances stability and manoeuvrability in the water.The number of fins on a board can vary.single-, twin-, tri-fin: see the first element.

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1936 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl.-Standard 20 Aug. 5/4 Blake has introduced another innovation in attaching a fin or stabilizer to the bottom of the board at the stern to help steering.

1962 T. Masters Surfing made Easy 65 Skeg, the rudder or fin of a surfboard.

1998 Boards May 82/1 If you use a bigger fin to compensate, the narrow tail won't allow you enough leverage to control it, so you'll find the board raily and even less friendly.

2013 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 23 July (Sports section) 9/1 Newport Beach surfer Andrew Doheny fell in his first-round heat despite a last-ditch effort from fourth place where he blew the fins on a backside reverse.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	fin
释义	finn.¹ Brit. /fɪn/, U.S. /fɪn/ Forms: Old English finn, Middle English–1600s finne, (1600s finn), Middle English fyn(ne, (southern vyn(ne), 1600s– fin. Also 1600s phin. Etymology: Old English finn strong masculine, cognate with the synonymous Middle Dutch vinne (modern Dutch vin) feminine, Middle Low German finne feminine; the modern German finne is probably adopted < Low German. The Latin pinna fin is probably the same word. 1. a. An organ attached to various parts of the body in fishes and cetaceans, which serves for propelling and steering in the water. With prefixed adjective, as anal, caudal, dorsal, pectoral, ventral, etc., indicating the part to which the organ is attached. Applied also to similar organs in other animals, as the flipper of a seal, the modified wing of a penguin, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > fin or parts of fin finc1000 spitc1275 ray1668 pinna1688 radius1740 spine1774 interneural1854 fin-ray1863 mesopterygium1871 metapterygium1871 radiale1871 finlet1874 propterygium1876 radial1882 axonost1887 lepidotrichium1904 the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > parts of > (types of) fin finc1000 back-fin?c1225 ventral fin1752 pectoral?a1808 ventral1834 subdorsal1856 pinna1890 the world > animals > birds > order Sphenisciformes or penguin > [noun] > wing of flap1669 fin1699 flipper1868 c1000 Ælfric Leviticus xi. 9 Ne ete ge fisc buton þa þe habbaþ finnas & scilla. a1225 St. Marher. 9 Þe fisches þat i þe flodes fleoteð wið finnes. c1300 K. Alis. 6591 They liveth, so theo heryng..Feet and hond buth heore vynnes. c1400 Rom. Rose 7008 Swimme..Bet than a fish doth with his finne. c1450 Two Cookery-bks. 104 Take a Sturgeon, and kut of the vyn fro the tayle to þe hede, on þe bakke. 1599 J. Lok in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (new ed.) II. i. 107 The..fish had on euery side a wing, and toward the taile two other lesser as it were finnes. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 345 All Fish..of shell or fin . View more context for this quotation 1699 W. Hacke Coll. Orig. Voy. ii. 62 Penguins..have..only two Fins or Flaps, wherewith they are helped to swim. 1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xii. 253 If you cut off the pectoral fins, i.e. the pair which lies close behind the gills, the head falls prone to the bottom. 1883 W. H. Flower in Encycl. Brit. XV. 395/1 Balænoptera [has] a small falcate dorsal fin. b. (fish) of every fin: = of every species. Cf. feather n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] > collective fisha1400 (fish) of every fin1726 Pisces1805 fishery1828 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xix. 134 Fish of ev'ry fin thy seas afford. c. A finned animal; a fish. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] fishc825 fin1549 free fish1602 ichthyoid1863 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 6th Serm. sig. Yiiii^v Wee..haue not caught one fynne. 1881 S. Evans Evans's Leicestershire Words (new ed.) Theer 'asn't a fin i' the stank. 1893 Daily News 15 Dec. 5/3 It is to be hoped that Mr. Watson will add fins to fur and feathers. †d. to put out one's fins: figurative ? to bestir oneself eagerly. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > bestir oneself arisec825 to start upc1275 stirc1275 shifta1400 awakea1450 to put out one's fins?1461 wake1523 to shake one's ears1580 rouse1589 bestira1616 awaken1768 arouse1822 waken1825 to wake snakes1835 roust1841 to flax round1884 to get busy1896 to get one's arse in gear1948 ?1461 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 264 And now he and alle his olde felaweship put owt their fynnes and arn right flygge and mery. 2. Something resembling a fish's fin. a. jocularly. The arm and hand (of a man), or simply the hand. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > arm > [noun] armeOE brawna1382 hand?a1425 branch1594 bridle arm1622 shield-arm1640 smiter1673 sword-arm1687 fin1785 pistol arm1800 spade-arm1804 pinion1848 liver wing1855 bow-arm1860 meathook1919 gun1973 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > hand > [noun] handeOE cleche?c1225 fista1300 dallea1500 clutcha1529 gripea1555 famble1567 claw1577 golla1586 patte1586 manus1598 pickers and stealers1604 fore-foota1616 pud1654 daddle?1725 fin1785 mauley1789 feeler1825 maniple1829 flipper1832 flapper1834 grappler1852 duke1874 mitt1893 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Fin, an arm. 1801 Nelson in A. Duncan Life (1806) 140 ‘I am Lord Nelson; see, here's my fin’..shewing the stump of his right arm. ?1856 F. E. Smedley Harry Coverdale's Courtship ii. 12 Lend us a fin, old man, for I feels precious staggery-like. 1896 N.E.D. at Fin Mod. (slang), Tip us your fin (= shake hands). †b. The lid (of the eye). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > eye > [noun] > eyelid breec890 eye-breeOE eyelida1200 browc1200 lid (of the eye)c1220 palpebre?a1425 window1593 brow-lid1594 fin1604 under-lid1611 palpebra1634 cilia1715 eye-peeper1786 Madonna lid1863 eyewinker1923 1604 J. Marston Malcontent i. iii. sig. B2^v Heres a Knight..shall..ride at the Ring till the finne of his eyes looke as blew as the welkin. 1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy ii. i. sig. D2 The fins of her eie-lids, looke most teeming blew. c. The baleen of a whale (? obsolete). Hence, a blade or thin strip of whalebone. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > parts of clothing > [noun] > stiffening > whalebone > strip of bone1595 whalebone1601 fin1634 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > bone or horn > [noun] > bone > whalebone baleenc1325 whale-horn1562 whalebone1604 fin1634 the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > [noun] > large member of (whale) > parts of > bones of mouth > strip of fin1634 1634 T. Johnson tr. A. Paré Chirurg. Wks. xxv. xxi. 1013 The finnes that stand forth of their [whales'] mouths, which are commonly called Whale-bones, being dryed and polished, serve to make buskes for women. 1706 London Gaz. No. 4238/4 Cut-Whalebone..in Fins. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Fin, a blade of whalebone. d. plural. Rubber flippers for the feet, to assist underwater swimming. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [noun] > swimming > swimming equipment bladder1623 paddle1823 scaphander1825 swimming-bladder1858 water wing1901 wing1908 nose clip1919 armband1927 flipper1945 fin1960 1960 News Chron. 9 July 6/7 You'd need a pair of fins (£1), a mask (£1) and a breathing tube. 1967 J. Severson Great Surfing Gloss. Fins, rubber flippers used as aids in swimming or body surfing; called swim fins. 3. A projecting part. †a. A lobe of the liver or lungs. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > [noun] > lungs > lobe of lapc1000 leafa1398 lobe?1541 lappet1609 fin1615 the world > life > the body > secretory organs > gland > specific glands > [noun] > liver > lobe of lapc1000 liver lapOE fibre1398 mantle?c1425 boss?1541 lobe?1541 lop1601 fillet1607 lappet1609 fin1615 lobbet1662 acinus1701 spigelian lobe1811 Riedel's lobe1897 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 131 In bruite beasts it [the Liuer] is diuided into foure, fiue, or six Lobes or Finnes. 1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 385 Each Lung is diuided into two Lobes or Finnes. b. A sharp lateral projection on the share or the coulter of a plough. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > coulter > fin wing1577 fin1652 tush1652 1652 W. Blith Eng. Improver Improved xxviii. 196 Be carefull in keeping your..Share phin as sharp as may be. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 247 Having also near the chep of the Plough a small fin to cut the roots of the grass. 1717 Dict. Rusticum (ed. 2) at Plough Some set on the right side of the Coulter a small Wing or Fin, which cuts in two the bottom of the Roots. 1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry i. viii. 44 A hollow plow-share..has a fin both ways; which fins must also begin at the point. 1808 C. Vancouver Gen. View Agric. Devon v. 115 When the land is designed to be ploughed clean..a long pointed share, with a small fin or wing, is used. c. Mechanics (see quots.). ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 846/2 Fin, a slip inserted longitudinally into a shaft or arbor, and left projecting so as to form a guide for an object which may slip thereon, but not rotate. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 847/1 Fin, a tongue on the edge of a board. 1876 Aitken Guns in G. P. Bevan Brit. Manuf. Industries (Brit. Manuf. Industr.) 21 Presses fitted up with cutting-out tools, punch out, trim, and relieve the stampings from the superfluous metal, or ‘fins’ left after stamping. d. In aircraft and rockets, esp. as a stabilizer (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > [noun] > stabilizer fin1835 stabilizator1902 equilibrator1908 automatic stabilizer1909 stabilizer1909 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > aeroplane > parts of aircraft > means of propulsion > [noun] > fin fin1835 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > rocket > [noun] > other parts of rocket fin1935 dodger1956 skirt1964 shroud1965 1835 Naut. Mag. 4 612 An internal balloon is fitted for the purpose of ascending and descending at will, and the whole is intended to be propelled by fins, paddles, or wings. 1836 Mag. Domest. Econ. 1 92 There is no fulcrum upon which any oar, paddle, fin, wing or any thing else, can possibly act. 1852 Illustr. London News 20 468/1 By means of the handles at the outer sides, the apparatus contained in the case can be turned round at pleasure, and the position of the fins altered, thus enabling the operator to steer the balloon. 1910 C. C. Turner Aerial Navigation iv. 54 Leppig's Balloon, 1812. It was to be driven by a fin propeller, worked by hand. 1911 Chambers's Jrnl. 1 57/2 An aeroplane..supported largely by the pressure against its body, its wings reduced to mere fins, serving to guide its motion. 1920 Discovery Mar. 78/1 An elliptically-shaped gas-bag provided with a conical-shaped tail filled with air, to which a rudder and stabilising fins are attached. 1935 Jrnl. Brit. Interplanetary Soc. Oct. 13 Fin—wing-like device for stabilizing flight. 1935 Aircraft Engineering Nov. 281/2 The fin to which an anti-icer is fitted is also free from ice. 1950 Gloss. Aeronaut. Terms (B.S.I.) i. 49 Fin. a. A fixed surface outside the envelope or outer cover of a lighter-than-air aircraft providing aerodynamic stability. b. Those parts of the stabilizers of a kite balloon providing stability in pitch. e. A fin-like appendage to a ship's bottom; a fin-keel; also, a centreboard. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > keel and kelson > keel > types of sliding keel1797 centreboard1828 bilge-keel1850 ram1851 rocker1859 sidebar keel1869 bar-keel1874 plate-keel1874 bilge-piece1880 fin1885 bulb-keel1893 fin-keel1893 ballast fin1894 bulb-fin1894 plate1895 drop-keel1896 1885 Marine Engineer Apr. 8/1 But it is possible to fit fins, flappers, or shutters.., to the run of a ship so as to be flush with the plates. 1893 Outing 22 147/1 The fin is of Tobin bronze, one-quarter inch thick, six feet long on upper edge. 1897 Outing 30 468/1 Their hulls..are enormously strong, so as to restrain the heavy weight of the fin. 1949 Jane's Fighting Ships 1949–50 36 Fin stabilisers will be fitted to prevent rolling. f. On a motor vehicle. Hence fin-tailed adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > motor car > [adjective] > with specific body appendages fin-tailed1959 air-dammed1976 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > fin tail fin1954 fin1959 1959 Listener 4 June 982/1 Even family cars are now made impressive with the fins which were once the distinguishing mark of sharks. 1960 Guardian 11 Oct. 8/4 The reluctant mums..are induced to step gingerly out of the fintailed cars. 1968 P. M. Postal Aspects Phonol. Theory xiii. 283 There is no more reason for languages to change than there is for automobiles to add fins one year and remove them the next. 4. dialect. The herb restharrow. Also fin-weed. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > thorn-tree or -bush > [noun] > rest-harrow cammockc1000 ironhardOE restelbowea1400 restharrow?1550 petty whin1551 gammock1578 ground furze1578 ground-furze1578 fin1649 cat whin1684 sitfast1808 thorny rest-harrow1822 land-whina1825 lady-whin1886 1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xxiv. 152 They beare plentie of..Phinns, Mosse, and Shar-grasse. 1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 437 Fin, anonis arvensis, restharrow. 1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel I. 204 Where the blushing fin weed's flower Closes up at evening hour. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. fin-apparatus n. ΚΠ 1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. i. 173/2 The connexion which exists between the fin-apparatus and the body of Clio. fin-membrane n. ΚΠ 1874 J. G. Wood Out of Doors 569 The fin-membranes are brown. b. Objective. fin-cutting n. ΚΠ 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Aug. 5/2 Discovering that the pike gorged our perch ravenously with and without their fins..we gave up the fin-cutting. c. Parasynthetic and similative. fin-shaped adj. ΚΠ 1835–6 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 651/2 Fin-shaped caudal processes. fin-tailed adj. ΚΠ 1892 Ld. Lytton King Poppy Prol. 319 Tritons stall Their fin-tail'd steeds in azure caverns. fin-winged adj. ΚΠ 1820 P. B. Shelley Vision of Sea in Prometheus Unbound 181 A blue shark..The fin-winged tomb of the victor. C2. fin-back n. = finner n.; also attributive, as finback calf, finback whale; also fin-backed whale. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual) gibbert1601 jubartes1616 fin-fish1694 scrag-whale1701 fin-back1726 finner1793 razorback1815 rorqual1824 fin-whale1885 sei whale1912 1726 P. Dudley in Philos. Trans. 1725 (Royal Soc.) 33 258 The Finback Whale is distinguished from the right Whale, by having a great Fin on his Back. 1843 Zoologist 1 33 Fin~backed whale (Balænoptera boops). 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick xxxii. 151 The Fin-back is not gregarious. fin-fish n. = finner n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual) gibbert1601 jubartes1616 fin-fish1694 scrag-whale1701 fin-back1726 finner1793 razorback1815 rorqual1824 fin-whale1885 sei whale1912 1694 Narbrough's Acct. Several Late Voy. 3 A Fin-fish swam by our Ship. 1787 J. Hunter in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 375 When they [whales] are of a certain size, they are brought to us as Porpoises; when larger, they are called Grampus, or Fin~fish. 1843 Zoologist 1 34 It [a whale] is well known among fishermen..by the names of finner, fin-back, fin-fish. fin-foot n. (a) a swimming-foot; a pleiopod; (b) a name for birds of the genera Heliornis or Podica. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Gruiformes > [noun] > member of family Heliornithidae (finfoot) sunbird1727 fin-foot1849 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot used as swimming organ fin-foot1849 nectopod1896 1849 E. Blyth et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom (new ed.) 423 Which appendages..are used in swimming, or are fin-feet. 1886 Encycl. Brit. XX. 223/2 The..group formed by the..Heliornis, and the..Podica..to which the name ‘Finfoots’ has been applied. fin-footed adj. Ornithology (a) web-footed; (b) having the toes furnished with flaps or lobes, lobate-footed; (c) ‘in Mollusca, pteropod’ ( Cent. Dict.). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > having webbed feet fin-footed1646 palmipedous1646 palmiped1661 webbed1664 palmated1766 palmate1826 totipalmate1872 the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > of feet > having lobed feet fin-footed1804 pinnatiped1828 lobiped1857 lobe-footed1872 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica v. i. 234 It [the Pelecan] is.. fin-footed like Swannes. View more context for this quotation 1804 T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds II. 134 Linnæus..describe[s] it as a genus distinct from..waders in general, on account of its being fin-footed. fin-keel n. a keel shaped like a dorsal fin inverted. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > bottom or part under water > [noun] > keel and kelson > keel > types of sliding keel1797 centreboard1828 bilge-keel1850 ram1851 rocker1859 sidebar keel1869 bar-keel1874 plate-keel1874 bilge-piece1880 fin1885 bulb-keel1893 fin-keel1893 ballast fin1894 bulb-fin1894 plate1895 drop-keel1896 1893 Westm. Gaz. 21 Feb. 11/2 Boats..exhibiting all the most recent devices in bulb and fin keels. fin-leg n. the leg of an aquatic insect, used as a fin. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > parts of insects > [noun] > leg(s) > of aquatic insect fin-leg1843 1843 Zoologist 1 57 The fin-legs could not be well made out. fin-ray n. one of the hard spiny or soft jointed processes which support the skin of the fins. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > fin or parts of fin finc1000 spitc1275 ray1668 pinna1688 radius1740 spine1774 interneural1854 fin-ray1863 mesopterygium1871 metapterygium1871 radiale1871 finlet1874 propterygium1876 radial1882 axonost1887 lepidotrichium1904 1863 Spring Lapl. 162 The same, both in shape, colour, number of scales, and finrays. † finscale n. Obsolete another name for the rudd n.¹ ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > superorder Ostariophysi or order Cypriniformes > [noun] > suborder Cyprinoidei > family Cyprinidae (minnows and carps) > genus Leuciscus > leuciscus erythrophthalmus (rudd) shallowc1050 rudd1526 red-eyea1672 finscale1677 redtail1740 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 184 A Fish of the squammous kind, which they call a Finscale, somwhat like a Roach. 1771 Forster in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 61 318 (note) The fish..is supposed to be the same with the rud or finscale. fin-spine n. a spine or spiny ray of a fish's fin. ΚΠ 1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xiii. 228 Detached fin-spines known to the palæontologist as ichthyodorulites. fin-spined adj. having spiny fins, acanthopterygious. fin-toed adj. = fin-footed adj. (b). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [adjective] > having separate digits > having flaps on the toes fin-toed1674 1674 J. Ray Coll. Eng. Words 91 Such whose toes are divided, which I may call Fin-toed. 1847 P. H. Gosse & R. Hill Birds of Jamaica 439 A bird with fin-toed feet. fin-weed n. (see sense 4). fin-whale n. = finner n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > order Cetacea (whales) > suborder Mystacoceti > [noun] > family Balaenopteridae > genus Balaenoptera (rorqual) gibbert1601 jubartes1616 fin-fish1694 scrag-whale1701 fin-back1726 finner1793 razorback1815 rorqual1824 fin-whale1885 sei whale1912 1885 S. Tromholt Aurora Borealis II. 283 The family of whales which have been named ‘fin’ whales, from a fin on the back. Derivatives fin-like adj. ΚΠ 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 clvii. 40 Ere..fin-like Oars did spread from either side. 1889 P. H. Emerson Eng. Idyls 43 He stood in his boat rubbing his fin-like hands. Draft additions December 2016 Surfing and Windsurfing. A projection on the bottom of a surfboard or sailboard near the tail, which enhances stability and manoeuvrability in the water.The number of fins on a board can vary.single-, twin-, tri-fin: see the first element. ΚΠ 1936 Freeport (Illinois) Jrnl.-Standard 20 Aug. 5/4 Blake has introduced another innovation in attaching a fin or stabilizer to the bottom of the board at the stern to help steering. 1962 T. Masters Surfing made Easy 65 Skeg, the rudder or fin of a surfboard. 1998 Boards May 82/1 If you use a bigger fin to compensate, the narrow tail won't allow you enough leverage to control it, so you'll find the board raily and even less friendly. 2013 Orange County (Calif.) Reg. 23 July (Sports section) 9/1 Newport Beach surfer Andrew Doheny fell in his first-round heat despite a last-ditch effort from fourth place where he blew the fins on a backside reverse. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online June 2022). finn.² Brit. /fɪn/, U.S. /fɪn/ Etymology: Shortened < finnip n. slang. = finnip n. (see also quot. 1925). Also U.S., a five-dollar note; the sum of five dollars. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > English banknotes > [noun] > five-pound note five1836 finnip1839 fiver1843 fin1868 flim1870 Jack's alive1938 jacks1958 Jack1968 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > paper money > foreign banknotes > [noun] > U.S. > five-dollar bill V-note1837 V-spot1838 finnip1839 fiver1843 five-spot1896 fin1925 pound1928 1868 Temple Bar 24 538 ‘What are “fins”?’ ‘Five-pound notes, or flash notes.’ 1925 Flynn's 24 Jan. 119/1 Fin,..five dollars; a five-year term. 1949 Penguin New Writing 36 97 We slipped them a fin apiece. 1953 W. R. Burnett Vanity Row xv. 101 Costs a fin just to check your hat. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2022). finv. Brit. /fɪn/, U.S. /fɪn/ Etymology: < fin n.¹ 1. transitive. Thesaurus » Categories » a. To cut off the fins from (a fish). b. To cut up (a chub). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > prepare seafood [verb (transitive)] > cut up or carve > chub fin1799 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.i^v Fyne that cheuen. 1799 Sporting Mag. 14 10 Fin a chub, cut him up. 1853 Fraser's Mag. 48 694 When he puts the slice into a fish, he truncheons eel, fins chub, [etc.]. 2. To keep supplied with fish. Cf. fin n.¹ 1c.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [verb (transitive)] > keep supplied with fin1807 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad viii. 305 Swarms..Repeople still the shoals and fin the fruitful tide. 3. U.S. Of a fish: To wound with its fins. Also intransitive of a whale, to fin (out): to lash the water with its fins when dying. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > injury > injure [verb (transitive)] > wound > wound with natural weapon strike1538 engore1590 horn1599 spur1631 mouth1693 tusk1818 fin1889 1889 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 15 Feb. He had never been bitten by a dog, but..had been finned by fish. 4. intransitive. To swim, as a fish; hence used of underwater swimmers. Also transitive, to fin it, to fin a (or one's) passage, way. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [verb (intransitive)] > swim run?1527 floata1599 scull1850 fina1861 the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > project from (something) [verb (transitive)] > furnish with projecting part shoulder1438 snout1753 fin1933 the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > move in or on water [verb (intransitive)] > swim underwater diveOE urinate1623 skin-dive1936 goggle-dive1953 aqualung1961 fin1964 scuba1977 scuba-dive1980 a1861 T. Winthrop Canoe & Saddle (1862) 134 In midsummer salmon fin it along the reaches of Whulge. 1894 Outing 24 140/1 For this [stump] the rascal [trout] steers, as fast as he can fin his way. 1922 T. Hardy Late Lyrics & Earlier 130 Fishes might seem to fin a passage. 1933 W. de la Mare Lord Fish 36 He grew hungrier and hungrier as he finned softly on. 1964 W. J. Gaston Drifting Death ii. 24 I jack-knifed down to beyond twenty and finned hard for the yacht. 1964 Guardian 20 May 7/6 You fin slowly down, 15 to 20 feet now. 5. transitive. To provide with fins (sense 3). Usually as vbl. n. Derivatives ˈfinning n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > body or bodywork > fin > use of finning1883 1883 Great Internat. Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 197 Finning and flitching knives. 1933 Meccano Mag. Mar. 193/1 The finning of the head has also received special attention. 1962 Times 8 May 16/5 Pininfarina's finning is sufficient to assist stability and guide the driver when parking. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.¹c1000n.²1868v.1508
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