Finery

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Finery \Fin"er*y\, n.
     1. Fineness; beauty. [Obs.]
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              Don't choose your place of study by the finery of
              the prospects.                        --I. Watts.


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     2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration;
        showy clothes; jewels.
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              Her mistress' cast-off finery.        --F. W.
                                                    Robertson.
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     3. [Cf. {Refinery}.] (Iron Works) A charcoal hearth or
        furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron,
        or into iron suitable for puddling.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  finery
       n : elaborate or showy attire and accessories

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "finery":
     Sunday best, apparel, bravery, chiffon, clinquant, clothes,
     decorations, fancy dress, festoons, folderol, foofaraw, frill,
     frilliness, frilling, frills, frills and furbelows, frippery,
     froufrou, full dress, fuss, gaiety, gaudery, gear, gewgaw, gilding,
     gilt, gingerbread, ornament, ornaments, party dress, paste,
     pinchbeck, regalia, superfluity, tinsel, trappings, trickery,
     trimming, trinkets, trumpery, war paint