English-Thai Dictionary

finery

N เตา หลอม เหล็ก  tao-lom-lek

 

finery

N เสื้อผ้าอาภรณ์ ที่ หรูหรา  ornaments frippery suea-pa-ar-pon-ti-ru-ra

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FINER

n. 1. One who refines or purifies. Proverbs 25:4.
2. a. Comparative of fine.

 

FINERY

n. 1. Show; splendor; gaiety of colors or appearance; as the finery of a dress.
2. Showy articles of dress; gay clothes, jewels, trinkets, etc.
3. In iron-works, the second forge at the iron-mills. [See Finary. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FINER

FINER Fin "er, n.

 

Defn: One who fines or purifies.

 

FINERY

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 )

 

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

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

finery

fin er y 1 |ˈfīnərē ˈfaɪnəri | ▶noun expensive or ostentatious clothes or decoration: officers in their blue, gold, and scarlet finery. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from fine 1, on the pattern of bravery .

 

finery

fin er y 2 |ˈfaɪnəri | ▶noun ( pl. fineries ) historical a hearth where pig iron was converted into wrought iron. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French finerie, from Old French finer ‘refine. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

finery

finery 1 |ˈfʌɪn (ə )ri | ▶noun [ mass noun ] expensive or ostentatious clothes or decoration: officers in their blue, gold, and scarlet finery. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from fine 1, on the pattern of bravery .

 

finery

finery 2 |ˈfʌɪnəri | ▶noun ( pl. fineries ) historical a hearth where pig iron was converted into wrought iron. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from French finerie, from Old French finer ‘refine ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

finery

finery noun all dressed up in her finery: regalia, best clothes, best, Sunday best; informal glad rags.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

finery

finery noun she was in all her bridal finery: regalia, elaborate /best clothes, garb, best, Sunday best; splendour, showiness, gaudiness, trumpery, frippery, adornment, trappings, decorations; informal glad rags, best gear, best bib and tucker, clobber; formal apparel; rare fallalery. ANTONYMS rags.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

finery

fin er y /fáɪn (ə )ri /名詞 U ｟文 ｠〖しばしばone 's ～〗(特別な日のための )華美な装い [服飾品 ], 晴れ着 .