Defn: 3d pers. sing. pr. of Find, for findeth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
FIN-TOED
Fin"-toed`, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having toes connected by a membrane; palmiped; palmated; also, lobate.
FIORD
Fiord (fyi or y consonant, § 272), n. Etym: [Dan. & Norw. fiord. See
Frith.]
Defn: A narrow inlet of the sea, penetrating between high banks or rocks, as on the coasts of Norway and Alaska. [Written also fjord.]
FIORIN
Fi"o*rin, n. Etym: [Cf. Ir. fiothran a sort of grass.] (Bot.)
Defn: A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); — called also fiorin grass.
FIORITE
Fi"o*rite, n. (Min.)
Defn: A variety of opal occuring in the cavities of volcanic tufa, in smooth and shining globular and botryoidal masses, having a pearly luster; — so called from Fiora, in Ischia.
FIORITURE
Fio`ri*tu"re, n. pl. Etym: [It., pl. of fioritura a flowering.]
(Mus.)