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adjective

Finishing adj. Tending to complete or to render fit for the market or for use.

Finishing coat.

(a)

(Plastering) the final coat of plastering applied to walls and ceilings, usually white and rubbed smooth.

(b)

(Painting) The final coat of paint, usually differently mixed applied from the others.

Finishing press, a machine for pressing fabrics.

Finishing rolls (Iron Working), the rolls of a train which receive the bar from roughing rolls, and reduce it to its finished shape.

noun

Finishing n. The act or process of completing or perfecting; the final work upon or ornamentation of a thing.

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Etymology of 'Finishing'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... know all the facts of the case; but I hope it was a fair and square deal, and I should think it was,' he replied at last; but he did not seem to want to talk about it, and after finishing the lesson he got up ...

— A City Schoolgirl - And Her Friends • May Baldwin

... enables him to sympathise with the most diverse specimens of humanity, has drawn an immortal picture of mediaeval England. In certain respects, however, the description is incomplete, and one must borrow from Langland some finishing touches. ...

— A Literary History of the English People - From the Origins to the Renaissance • Jean Jules Jusserand

... were finishing their dessert, Mr. Sherman suddenly remembered that he had a letter in his pocket for Lloyd, which he had ...

— The Little Colonel's Hero • Annie Fellows Johnston

... far, ought not to hesitate to go one step further, if he finds on finishing this volume that large bodies of facts, otherwise inexplicable, can be explained by the theory of modification through natural selection; he ought to admit that a structure even as perfect as an eagle's eye might thus be formed, although in this case he does not know the transitional states. It ...

— On the Origin of Species - 6th Edition • Charles Darwin

... wonderful old mahogany and rosewood and rugs and bric-a-brac enough to furnish the house I am building. The stuff belonged to a little old aunt of mine who left it to me in her will, and it was with those things in mind that I began my house. The plans and finishing will fit ...

— Her Father's Daughter • Gene Stratton-Porter

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