Associations to the word «Finery»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
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
Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry
and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.