finery /ˈfaɪnəɹi/ noun4 •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. — 1980 •fine point; minute characteristicthe translator should master the language he translates from as thoroughly as his mother tongue, knowing all its fineries — 2020 •A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling. •(no longer used) Fineness; beauty. formsfineries