Associations to the word «Finery»

Wiktionary

FINERY, noun. (obsolete) Fineness; beauty.
FINERY, noun. Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
FINERY, noun. (ironworking) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.

Dictionary definition

FINERY, noun. Elaborate or showy attire and accessories.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne