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Superfine :: Superfine (a.) Very fine, or most fine; being of surpassing fineness; of extra nice or fine quality; as, superfine cloth..

Exility :: Exility (a.) Smallness; meagerness; slenderness; fineness, thinness..

Merino :: Merino (n.) A breed of sheep originally from Spain, noted for the fineness of its wool..

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..

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..

Reprobate :: Reprobate (a.) Not enduring proof or trial; not of standard purity or fineness; disallowed; rejected.

Quartation :: Quartation (n.) The act, process, or result (in the process of parting) of alloying a button of nearly pure gold with enough silver to reduce the fineness so as to allow acids to attack and remove all metals except the gold; -- called also inquartation. Compare Parting..

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.

Pick :: Pick (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch..

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..

Fineness :: Fineness (a.) The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins..

Pyx :: Pyx (v. t.) To test as to weight and fineness, as the coins deposited in the pyx..

Carat :: Carat (n.) A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold.

Finery :: Finery (n.) Fineness; beauty.

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..

Fineness :: Fineness (a.) Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor..

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

Betterness :: Betterness (n.) The difference by which fine gold or silver exceeds in fineness the standard.

Superfinical :: Superfineness (n.) The state of being superfine.

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