Meaning of FINERY
| Pronunciation: | | 'fInuree
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| | Definition: | | [n] especially fine or decorative clothing |
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| | Synonyms: | | array, raiment, regalia |
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| | See Also: | | apparel, article of clothing, clothes, clothing, vesture, war paint, wear, wearing apparel | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fin"er*y\, n.
1. Fineness; beauty. [Obs.]
Don't choose your place of study by the finery of
the prospects. --I. Watts.
2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration;
showy clothes; jewels.
Her mistress' cast-off finery. --F. W.
Robertson.
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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| | Related Terms: | | 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, Sunday best, superfluity, tinsel, trappings, trickery, trimming, trinkets, trumpery, war paint |
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