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finery
/ˈfaɪnəɹi/
noun 4
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3ADJ.
covered
FINERY + NOUN
grandmother, hearth, wardrobe
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
Fineness; beauty.
2
Ornament; decoration; especially, excessive decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
The city also shone through the luxury of the higher castes: in the fineries of their dress, the rich manner of their living, their many servants, silver table services, and showy furnishings.
3
fine point; minute characteristic
the translator should master the language he translates from as thoroughly as his mother tongue, knowing all its fineries
4
A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
In front of the finery hearth in which the sow is melted down again, the finer is working with a long iron bar called a ringer (from French 'ringard') with which he keeps the molten iron in motion by stirring, an essential stage in the process of refining.
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The city also shone through the luxury of the higher castes: in the fineries of their dress, the rich manner of their living, their many servants, silver table services, and showy furnishings.
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the translator should master the language he translates from as thoroughly as his mother tongue, knowing all its fineries
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In front of the finery hearth in which the sow is melted down again, the finer is working with a long iron bar called a ringer (from French 'ringard') with which he keeps the molten iron in motion by
Wiktionary04
"But it hurts so!" said the little mermaid. "You must endure the pain for the sake of the finery!" said her grandmother.
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A fine layer of dust covered the finery in the wardrobe, evidence of how long it had been since she last attended a gala.
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