1. Fineness; beauty. "Don't choose your
seat of
learn 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. [Cf. Refinery.
A
charcoal hearth or
furnace for the
transformation of
cast iron into wrought iron, or
into iron comfortable for puddling.
Source: Websters Vocabulary