Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - fine

 I. noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French fin, ~, from Latin finis boundary, end  Date: 13th century  1. obsolete end, conclusion  2. a compromise of a fictitious suit used as a form of conveyance of lands  3.  a. a sum imposed as punishment for an offense  b. a forfeiture or penalty paid to an injured party in a civil action  II. transitive verb  (~d; fining)  Date: 1559 to impose a ~ on ; punish by a ~  III. adjective  (~r; ~st)  Etymology: Middle English fin, from Anglo-French, from Latin finis, noun, end, limit  Date: 13th century  1.  a. free from impurity  b. of a metal having a stated proportion of pure metal in the composition expressed in parts per thousand a gold coin .9166 ~  2.  a.  (1) very thin in gauge or texture ~ thread  (2) not coarse ~ sand  (3) very small ~ print  (4) keen a knife with a ~ edge  (5) very precise or accurate a ~ adjustment trying to be too ~ with his pitches  b. physically trained or hardened close to the limit of efficiency — used of an athlete or animal  3. delicate, subtle, or sensitive in quality, perception, or discrimination a ~ distinction  4. superior in kind, quality, or appearance ; excellent a ~ job a ~ day ~ wines  5.  a. ornate 1 ~ writing  b. marked by or affecting elegance or re~ment ~ manners  6.  a. very well feel ~  b. all right that's ~ with me  7. — used as an intensive the leader, in a ~ frenzy, beheaded one of his wives — Brian Crozier  • ~ness noun  IV. adverb  Date: 14th century  1. ~ly: as  a. very well  b. all right  2. with a very narrow margin of time or space she had not intended to cut her escape so ~ — Melinda Beck et al.  V. verb  (~d; fining)  Date: 14th century  transitive verb  1. purify, clarify ~ and filter wine  2. to make ~r in quality or size  intransitive verb  1. to become pure or clear the ale will ~  2. to become smaller in lines or proportions  VI. noun  Etymology: Italian, from Latin finis end  Date: circa 1798 end — used as a direction in music to mark the closing point after a repeat