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finery

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?fa?n??i/

Noun

finery (countable and uncountable, plural fineries)

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

Related terms

  • fine

Translations

See also

  • (charcoal hearth): refinery

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gaudery

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /????d??i/

Noun

gaudery (countable and uncountable, plural gauderies)

  1. finery; ornaments; ostentatious display.
    • 1674, John Dryden, Prologue Spoken at the Opening of the New House
      tarnished gaudery

Related terms

  • gaudy

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