Every once in a while, the authorities make a sweep of the cities, collecting the dishes and fining their owners.
Stiffing the Revolutionaries|Reza Aslan|October 27, 2009|DAILY BEAST
It is no use enacting that the Court in fining an offender shall take into consideration the means of the offender.
The Law and the Poor|Edward Abbott Parry
This harrow is as good as a roller in fining and smoothing the surface soil.
The First Book of Farming|Charles L. Goodrich
It is also much used for fining wines and liqueurs, particularly the red wines and more limpid cordials.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I|Arnold Cooley
Of several artificial Lees for feeding, fining, preserving, and relishing Malt Liquors.
The London and Country Brewer|Anonymous
Before aging begins, however, the wine usually must be rendered perfectly clear and bright by "fining."
Manual of American Grape-Growing|U. P. Hedrick
British Dictionary definitions for fining
fining
/ (ˈfaɪnɪŋ) /
noun
the process of removing undissolved gas bubbles from molten glass
the process of clarifying liquors by the addition of a coagulant
(plural)a substance, such as isinglass, added to wine, beer, etc, to clarify it
Word Origin for fining
C17: from fine1 (in the sense: to clarify, refine)