fineness

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Fineness of mouth, means a mouth that is perfectly trained, and responds to the determined action of a sensitive hand.

From The Lady and Her Horse Being Hints Selected from Various Sources and Compiled into a System of Equitation by Jenkins, T. A.

Fineness, firmness, cleanness and moistness are the chief essentials to be looked for in making the seed-bed.

From Clovers and How to Grow Them by Shaw, Thomas

As to Fineness, it matters not, if but one in five be employed in it to an exquisite degree; for there is enough occasion for courser, for Sacking, Sails, Ticking, Common Table-Linnen, Sheets, &c.

From Proposals for Building, In Every County, A Working-Alms-House or Hospital as the Best Expedient to Perfect the Trade and Manufactory of Linnen Cloth by Haines, Richard

Fineness of fiber depends upon the number of times it is hackled, each time with a finer and finer instrument, which secures the different degrees of subdivision.

From Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades by Dooley, William H. (William Henry)

Metals | Weight, grains | Fineness |Ratio to gold 1.

From Modern Economic Problems Economics Volume II by Fetter, Frank Albert