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v. t.
To find fault with; to scold; to overwhelm with wordy abuse; to censure severely or abusively; to rate.
n.
An action to recover damages against one who found goods, and would not deliver them to the owner on demand; an action which lies in any case to recover the value of goods wrongfully converted by another to his own use. In this case the finding, though alleged, is an immaterial fact; the injury lies in the conversion.
v. t.
To gain, as the object of desire or effort; as, to find leisure; to find means.
v. t.
To provide for; to supply; to furnish; as, to find food for workemen; he finds his nephew in money.
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Any money, bullion, or the like, found in the earth, or otherwise hidden, the owner of which is not known. In England such treasure belongs to the crown; whereas similar treasure found in the sea, or upon the surface of the land, belongs to the finder if no owner appears.
n.
The act of finding fault or blaming; -- used derogatively. Also Adj.
v. t.
To come upon by seeking; as, to find something lost.
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The gaining possession of any goods, whether by finding or by other means.
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The result of a judicial examination or inquiry, especially into some matter of fact; a verdict; as, the finding of a jury.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Find
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That which is found, come upon, or provided; esp. (pl.), that which a journeyman artisan finds or provides for himself; as tools, trimmings, etc.
n.
One who, or that which, finds; specifically (Astron.), a small telescope of low power and large field of view, attached to a larger telescope, for the purpose of finding an object more readily.
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The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause.
v. t.
To discover by sounding; as, to find bottom.
v. i.
To find fault or rail with rude clamor; to brawl; to utter harsh, rude, boisterous rebuke; to chide sharply or coarsely; -- often with at; as, to scold at a servant.
n.
A finding of carriages, carts, etc., for the transportation of goods, produce, etc.
v. t.
To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish; as, to find a verdict; to find a true bill (of indictment) against an accused person.
n.
Dizziness or swimming of the head; an affection of the head in which objects, though stationary, appear to move in various directions, and the person affected finds it difficult to maintain an erect posture; giddiness.
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A small, slender nematoid worm (Trichina spiralis) which, in the larval state, is parasitic, often in immense numbers, in the voluntary muscles of man, the hog, and many other animals. When insufficiently cooked meat containing the larvae is swallowed by man, they are liberated and rapidly become adult, pair, and the ovoviviparous females produce in a short time large numbers of young which find their way into the muscles, either directly, or indirectly by means of the blood. Their presence in the muscles and the intestines in large numbers produces trichinosis.
v. i.
To determine an issue of fact, and to declare such a determination to a court; as, the jury find for the plaintiff.
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