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What does finery mean?

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Noun
  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.
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And finally, we sallied forth into the centre of Nottingham in all our finery.
In the reception hall, Tibetan furniture, finery and ornaments evoked such alien sentiments that we were immediately addicted to them.
I even video-taped Malayali girls decked up in traditional finery, working as waitresses in bars in the Gulf.
The attractive strings of pearls from Hyderabad, birthstones and a wide array of semi-precious stones from exotic places add to the finery.
The titular parade was a real event that occurred every Easter, where everyone would walk down Fifth Avenue decked out in their Easter finery.
The initiate is dressed in finery and escorted with pomp to the monastery, where his head and eyebrows are shaved.

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