fining
the process by which fused glass is freed of undissolved gases.
the process of clarifying or filtering a wine or spirit.
Origin of fining
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How to use fining in a sentence
“Go back to Seattle,” Wood said, after fining Shayegan $730 and issuing a 360-day suspended jail sentence.
Sherwin Shayegan, the Piggyback Bandit, Is the Bane of High School Games | Winston Ross | February 20, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOccasionally the authorities make sweeps of certain neighborhoods, collecting the dishes and fining their owners.
Every once in a while, the authorities make a sweep of the cities, collecting the dishes and fining their owners.
The sea seemed to be fining off a bit, so they looked round, and found to their horror that the rudder was gone.
The Chequers | James RuncimanWe recognise in the duckings, the sacrificial ablutions, and in the shaving and fining, the oaths and the penalty.
How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves | W.H.G. Kingston
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 ParryHis character and processes of mind seemed to share in this fining-down process of scale.
The Education of Henry Adams | Henry AdamsThey did, fining themselves to the tune of a million or so of our money.
Ten Tudor Statesmen | Arthur D. Innes
British Dictionary definitions for fining
/ (ˈfaɪnɪŋ) /
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
Origin of fining
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