Finish /(?)/

imp. & p. p. Finished; p. pr. & vb. n. Finishing

1. To arrive at the end of; to bring to an end; to put an end to; to make an end of; to terminate.

   And heroically hath finished A life heroic.

2. To bestow the last required labor upon; to complete; to bestow the utmost possible labor upon; to perfect; to accomplish; to polish.

1. To come to an end; to terminate.

   His days may finish ere that hapless time.

2. To end; to die. [R.]

1. That which finishes, puts an end to or perfects.
2. The joiner work and other finer work required for the completion of a building, especially of the interior. See Inside finish, and Outside finish. (Arch.)
3. The labor required to give final completion to any work; hence, minute detail, careful elaboration, or the like. (Fine Arts)
4. The result of completed labor, as on the surface of an object; manner or style of finishing; as, a rough, dead, or glossy finish given to cloth, stone, metal, etc.
5. Completion; -- opposed to start, or beginning.