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

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

Flock :: Flock (n.) Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. / pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture..

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

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..

Coin :: Coin (v. t.) To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal..

Pickedness :: Pickedness (n.) Fineness; spruceness; smartness.

Subtilty :: Subtilty (n.) The quality or state of being subtile; thinness; fineness; as, the subtility of air or light..

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..

Pyx :: Pyx (n.) A box used in the British mint as a place of deposit for certain sample coins taken for a trial of the weight and fineness of metal before it is sent from the mint.

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

Delicacy :: Delicacy (a.) Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame..

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

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

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..

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

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..

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

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

Fineness :: Fineness (a.) The quality or condition of being fine.

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