v. t. | 1. | To carve or cut up, as a chub. |
n. | 1. | End; conclusion; object. |
| 1. | (Zool.) An organ of a fish, consisting of a membrane supported by rays, or little bony or cartilaginous ossicles, and serving to balance and propel it in the water. |
| 2. | (Zool.) A membranous, finlike, swimming organ, as in pteropod and heteropod mollusks. |
| 3. | (Com.) A finlike organ or attachment; a part of an object or product which protrudes like a fin |
| 4. | (Mech.) A feather; a spline. |
| 4. | A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. |
| 5. | (Aëronautics) A fixed stabilizing surface, usually vertical, similar in purpose to a bilge keel on a ship. |