FINERIES

Noun

fineries

plural of finery

Source: Wiktionary


FINERY

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. Etym: [Cf. Refinery.] (Iron Works)

Definition: A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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31 March 2025

IMPROVISED

(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”


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