Obs. Astron. [a. L. fīnītor, agent-n. f. fīnīre to bound; a literal transl. of Gr. ὁρίζων HORIZON.] The horizon.
1594. Blundevil, Exerc., VI. Introd. (ed. 7), 604. The other crosse Diameter marked with the letters C. D. signifieth the Horizon, which for distinctions cause is otherwise called the Finitor.
1671. Flamsteed, in Rigaud, Corr. Sci. Men (1841), II. 124. Not thinking but that the appearance predicted by M. Cassini would be invisible as celebrated under our finitor.
1688. R. Holme, Armoury, III. 147/1. Terms of Art used by Painters, Limners, Washers and House Stainers. Finitor, or Horizon.
1704. J. Harris, Lex. Techn., Finitor, the same with Horizon; and ’tis so called, because the Horizon finishes or terminates your Sight, View, or Prospect.
