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Finery
Forge for making wrought iron from pig iron
A finery forge is a forge used to produce wrought iron from pig iron by decarburization in a process called "fining" which involved liquifying cast iron
Finery_forge
Iron alloy with a very low carbon content
from ore, cast iron or pig iron were the starting materials used in the finery forge and puddling furnace. Pig iron and cast iron have higher carbon content
Wrought_iron
Planned British military operations in 1964
Defence Council replaced Boris on 9 April with Operation Finery, an amphibious helicopter assault. Finery would have involved a helicopter assault on Unguja
British response to the Zanzibar Revolution
British_response_to_the_Zanzibar_Revolution
1925 film by Oscar Apfel
Borrowed Finery is a 1925 American silent drama film produced and released by Tiffany Pictures, and based on a story by George Bronson Howard. Veteran
Borrowed_Finery
British fashion label
Finery London is a British womenswear fashion label. The company's approach is offering smaller collections for women, that are “moderately priced”, styled
Finery_London
British-American drama television series (2014–2026)
"visually you've moved from the heavy woods and stone of season 1 into the finery of the Parisian apartments". He explained: Everything about Paris is so
Outlander_(TV_series)
Stage in production of bar iron or steel
in the finery and puddling processes. As with many ironmaking terms, this is derived from the French - cinglage. The product of the finery was a bloom
Shingling
Tube, nozzle or pipe through which air is blown into a furnace
the year 1500 new ironmaking techniques, including the blast furnace and finery forge, were introduced into England from France, along with the French technical
Tuyere
Metallurgy of iron and its alloys
producing wrought iron from cast iron, in this context known as pig iron, using finery forges. All these processes required charcoal as fuel. By the 4th century
Ferrous_metallurgy
Step in the manufacture of iron
earlier potting and stamping processes, as well as the much older charcoal finery and bloomery processes. This enabled a great expansion of iron production
Puddling_(metallurgy)
Iron refining method of the late Middle Ages
iron in a hearth that is narrower and deeper than a typical finery in an English finery forge. The hearth had a charcoal fire blown with bellows through
Osmond_process
Aspect of indigenous Chilean culture
century, Mapuche silversmiths began to produce large amounts of silver finery. The surge of silversmithing activity may be related to the 1641 parliament
Mapuche_silverwork
Festive strolling procession on Easter Sunday
clothing, particularly ladies' hats, and strive to impress others with their finery. The Easter parade is most closely associated with Fifth Avenue in New York
Easter_parade
Queen consort of Francia
Belt plaques from the finery set of Queen Aregund
Aregund
Hearth used for heating metals, or workplace containing such a hearth
forge-welding, but a well-designed gas forge is hot enough for any task. A finery forge is a water-powered mill where pig iron is refined into wrought iron
Forge
Type of blacksmithing tool
ores into small pieces, although a stamp mill was more usual for this. In finery forges they were used for drawing out blooms made from wrought iron into
Trip_hammer
Dutch painter (1616-1680)
subjects, portraits, numerous self-portraits, and single figures in exotic finery. Ferdinand was born in Dordrecht as the son of a surgeon, Balthasar Bol
Ferdinand_Bol
Variety of hearth used in ironmaking
the finery forge. A finery forge for the Walloon process would typically have one chafery to work two fineries (but sometimes one or three fineries). Chaferies
Chafery
Iron alloy
with the slag. Traditionally, pig iron was worked into wrought iron in finery forges, later puddling furnaces, and more recently, it is worked into steel
Pig_iron
Panel painting c. 1434 by Jan van Eyck
der Paele is identifiable from historical records. He is dressed in the finery of a medieval canon, including white surplice, as he piously reads from
Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele
Virgin_and_Child_with_Canon_van_der_Paele
Town in West Java, Indonesia
traditional Sundanese weaponry, as well as some crown jewels and other finery. It is on Geusan Ulun Road. The town is famous for Sumedang tofu, a local
Sumedang
Icelandic Viking warrior
manglabites in the Eastern Roman army, and on his return to Iceland, his finery and recognition earned him the name "Bolli the Elegant". His importance
Bolli_Bollason
Tragedy by William Shakespeare
coming to?" In London, Edmund Kean was the first Hamlet to abandon the regal finery usually associated with the role in favour of a plain costume, and he is
Hamlet
Species of bird
length. Once transformed, he will be puffing up and parading his newfound finery and courting his duller mate. The display includes a hovering, accompanied
Nile_Valley_sunbird
Painting by Jean-Léon Gérôme
a Capuchin Friar, is being bowed to by courtiers dressed in extravagant finery in acknowledgement of his eminence. The term éminence grise has passed into
Éminence_Grise_(painting)
c. 880–1240 East Slavic state in Europe
slaves and fur pelts (usually in exchange for silver coins or oriental finery), and common trade partners were Volga Bolghar, Khazar Itil and Byzantine
Kievan_Rus'
Industrial furnace for steelmaking
steelmaking processes, thus excluding bloomeries (including the Catalan forge), finery forges, and puddling furnaces from its application. The open-hearth process
Open-hearth_furnace
tryphé: it upstaged Antony's procession in a greater display of wealth and finery, it provided an exciting spectacle for subjects gathering for the event
Tryphé
Epic historical novel by Cormac McCarthy
or wardrobed out of a fevered dream with the skins of animals and silk finery [...]. — Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, IV. McCarthy worked on the novel
Blood_Meridian
Swiss Roman Catholic theologian, composer and playwright
satire derides all classes and the court as well as curiosity, passion for finery, loquacity and the art of seduction of women. As a musician, he composed
Johannes_Aal
High-grade English iron
name derives from the iron being produced by the Walloon version of the finery forge process, the Walloon process as opposed to the German method, which
Oregrounds_iron
Indian actor (Born: 1963)
"For how many years do you want the adivasis to wear their traditional finery and dance for you?". Rediff on the Net. 13 February 1998. Retrieved 6 April
Nitish_Bharadwaj
Russian entrepreneur and investor (born 1985)
in Reformation (a greenfashion brand), Dropel Fabrics, RewardStyle, and Finery. Duma was a member of the advisory board of Diamond Foundry of San Francisco
Miroslava_Duma
American author (1923–2017)
five, her mother openly scorned her. As Fox wrote in her memoir Borrowed Finery, the reunion was so traumatic that she sensed that if her mother "could
Paula_Fox
face burning at the stake.[citation needed] Mayor, Adrienne. 1997. "Firey Finery". Archaeology. Volume 50, (2), March/April 1997. Apollodorus (1921). The
Shirt_of_Flame
2013 British film
the film's pleasures is its rich dialogue—a ripe blend of Shakespearean finery, salty swearing and lowbrow toilet humor." The trade paper noted, "Jump
A_Field_in_England
National beauty pageant
8 March 2021. "Miss Earth presents Silver Year delegates in Filipiniana finery". The Philippine Star. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 24 October 2025. "Miss
Miss_Earth_Bangladesh
Chinese fairy tale written by Duan Chengshi
accidentally leaving behind a golden slipper. When she arrives home, she hides her finery and the remaining slipper under her bed. The fish bones are silent now,
Ye_Xian
Russian fairy tale
enraged when he instead brings the girl back alive and happy and dressed in finery. Consumed by greed and envy, the woman orders her husband to take her own
Father_Frost_(fairy_tale)
Jawaharlal Nehru's mother and Indian independence activist (1868-1938)
school, the twice daily meals merged into one, and stables, staff, the fineries of life including crockery and crystal were reduced. The women subsequently
Swarup_Rani_Nehru
Indian actress (born 1986)
Anuj Kumar of The Hindu wrote that Padukone successfully "takes off the fineries of Bollywood and you can sense the freedom from baggage in her performance"
Deepika_Padukone
Circular metal plate used on late-medieval armour
Grzegorz; Miśta, Ewelina; Aniołek, Krzysztof (2020). "An Armour from a finery?—a late medieval couter from Ogrodzieniec Castle in the Kraków-Częstochowa
Rondel_(armour)
Temple in Satara, Maharashtra
[citation needed] The idol of Kalubai sports two silver masks and silk finery. The masks are carried in a procession by members of the Gurav family, seen
Mandhradevi
rehearses his orchestra, a dog owner adapts to his pet, a woman removes her finery at evening's end. What renders these vignettes fresh and funny are Krosny's
Ireneusz_Krosny
India's first convicted female serial killer
temple on the city outskirts. She told them to come to the ritual wearing finery. Once the victim arrived, Kempamma would start the ritual, tell the victim
KD_Kempamma
American actress and model (1943–1969)
birthday), with considerable publicity. Polanski was dressed in "Edwardian finery" while Tate was attired in an off-white taffeta minidress. The couple moved
Sharon_Tate
Building or site where iron is smelted
consumption of the base metal. Finery forges — which fined pig iron to produce bar iron, using charcoal as fuel in a finery (hearth) and coal or charcoal
Ironworks
1938 film
left his tuxedo and money behind in exchange. Louie dresses up in his new finery and goes to a cafe for breakfast. The proprietor thinks he stole the money
I'll Give a Million (1938 film)
I'll_Give_a_Million_(1938_film)
nineteenth century. The narrator of the song tells of dressing up in borrowed finery and going to the Soiree; he mentions the myriad food, curiosities, and celebrities
Kelligrews_Soiree
Spanish farmer and saint
bar for horses as well as their riders, and much parading of costume and finery. The best-dressed float is awarded a prize. 15 May is San Isidro Day in
Isidore_the_Laborer
Stiff cloth of cotton, linen, or horsehair
Retrieved 8 October 2019. McMasters, Lynn (1 November 2005). "Buckram 101". Finery. Greater Bay Area Costumers Guild. Retrieved 8 October 2019. Look up buckram
Buckram
Process of purifying metals
rather than refining). From the 16th century, this was undertaken in a finery forge. At the end of the 18th century, this began to be replaced by puddling
Refining_(metallurgy)
A Walloon forge (or Walloon process) is a type of finery forge that decarbonizes pig iron into wrought iron. The process was conceived in the Liège region
Walloon_forge
American businesswoman (1882–1979)
found Neiman Marcus, which initially specialized in ready-to-wear women's finery, in Dallas in 1907. Minnie gave birth to her subsequent three sons, Edward
Minnie_Lichtenstein_Marcus
Type of dance
practiced by slaveholding whites. The slaves would dress in handed-down finery and comically exaggerate the poised movements of minuets and waltzes. These
Cakewalk
Type of Christian relic
century, many of the fakes had been discovered. Some were stripped of their finery and destroyed while others were placed in storage.[citation needed] In 1803
Catacomb_saints
Photo of Oxford University dining club members
Bullingdon Club tracked down - including new picture of David Cameron in his finery". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 May 2023. Retrieved 26
1987 Bullingdon Club photograph
1987_Bullingdon_Club_photograph
Process for producing steel
the Henan–Hebei border during the 11th century. In the 15th century, the finery process, which shares the air-blowing principle with the Bessemer process
Steelmaking
Term for favourites of Henry III of France
in the brothels, and the ruffles on their linen shirts are of starched finery and one half foot long so that their heads look like St. John's on a platter
Les_Mignons
Ethnic group of Alaska
evidenced by the fact that they live in comfortable houses, are given to finery in their dress, and are, with scarcely an exception, devout members of the
Alaskan_Creole_people
UNESCO project
Retrieved 2021-04-12. "UNESCO names Jakarta as City of Literature". The Finery Report (TFR). 2021-11-12. Retrieved 2024-07-06. "Perth | Creative Cities
City_of_Crafts_and_Folk_Arts
History museum, art museum in Henan, China
and enriched with historical cultural relics instead of the many folk fineries and models. During the years from 1930 through 1937, Henan Museum underwent
Henan_Museum
Items of personal adornment
explains the lack of historical examples AfricaNews. "Morocco's National Finery Museum reopens after massive refurbish | Africanews". Africanews. Archived
Jewellery
Dutch fiction author (born 1952)
wall, clutching swords too rusty to take an edge," Battling in all her finery "You should have seen their faces," Daily Science Fiction "The story of
Tais_Teng
Machine used to stitch fabric
Often, these narratives attributed their downfall to spending wages on 'finery' or clothing, which was seen as fostering vanity and eventual vice. Elizabeth
Sewing_machine
1969 single by the Beatles
totally different vibe – George and Patti peacocking in their hippie-royalty finery, Paul and Linda on the farm in Scotland with Martha the sheepdog, Ringo
Something_(Beatles_song)
Deity in Aztec religion; a god of rain and thunder, fertility, and water
and other food items, while they were also prayed to and adorned with finery. Afterwards, their doughy chests were opened, their "hearts" taken out,
Tláloc
Hong Kong bus routes
BBI - Shatin Pass Road(D1) 29 Tsui Lam Estate 29 Wing Kwong College 30 Finery Park Po Hong Road 30 Phoenix House 31 Po Kim House Po Lam Estate Po Fung
KMB_Routes_290_and_290A
Businesses owned by Donald Trump
Retrieved May 8, 2018. Larkin, Kathy (February 17, 1983). "Trumpery, frippery, finery". The New York Daily News. Archived from the original on May 9, 2018. Retrieved
The_Trump_Organization
Abbey in Scottish Borders, Scotland
incorporated in the structure. The great abbey was said to contain the finery of the best of Norman and early English Architecture. The Abbey Church of
Jedburgh_Abbey
Community in Imo state, Nigeria
Diaspora. Veiled dancers and masked spirits display their skills and their finery, women weave family bonds with delicious delicacies and children learn sacred
Umuaka
Structure that uses a water wheel or turbine
Blade mills were used for sharpening newly made blades. Blast furnaces, finery forges, and tinplate works were, until the introduction of the steam engine
Watermill
Defunct chain of high-end department stores in Puerto Rico
ceiling. On this second floor, the client would be able to appreciate the finery of the women's clothing departments, the children's and baby department
Es_de_Velasco
Laws controlling consumption and apparel
restrictions specified various forms of finery that were forbidden, although there was also sometimes a recognition that finery represented working equipment (and
Sumptuary_law
sacred little store. 1893 USA NYC New York Times, 23 July 1893: page 11, FINERY FOR INFANTS "Oh, pink for a boy and blue for a girl!" exclaims a young woman
List of historical sources for pink and blue as gender signifiers
List_of_historical_sources_for_pink_and_blue_as_gender_signifiers
Church in Vienna, Austria
kept well preserved. Hundreds of mummified corpses, some still in burial finery or with a wig, are on display, some in open coffins, adorned with flowers
Church of Saint Michael, Vienna
Church_of_Saint_Michael,_Vienna
Mythical creature of British folklore
William Crossing noted a pixie's preference for bits of finery: "Indeed, a sort of weakness for finery exists among them, and a piece of ribbon appears to
Pixie
Painting by Sandro Botticelli
without revealing its nature, in order to save her people. Dressed in all her finery, with the explicit goal to entice the men of the camp and particularly their
The Discovery of the Body of Holofernes
The_Discovery_of_the_Body_of_Holofernes
Medieval form of female headdress
Bible explicitly lists wimples in Isaiah 3:22 as one of a list of female fineries; however, the Hebrew word "miṭpaḥoth" (מִטְפָּחוֹת) means "kerchief". Marvel’s
Wimple
Topics referred to by the same term
metallurgy process done in a finery forge Fining, glass production process, also called refining Fine (disambiguation) Finery (disambiguation) This disambiguation
Fining
European folk tale
father arrives home. The third day, she appears dressed in the grandest finery, with slippers of gold. Now the prince is determined to keep her, and has
Cinderella
19th century Manhattan slang terms
remark. His girlfriend Lize was the prototypical g'hal, dressed in cheap finery and singing songs from her favorite minstrel shows. Mose plays became an
B'hoy_and_g'hal
Archaeological culture in western Siberia
household and finery type with geometric ornament and rounded bottoms, finery dishes have mostly flat bottom. Ornamentation of finery dishes is much
Irmen_culture
British Wiccan priestess
said that at Alex's lectures all Maxine had to do was to "sit there in her finery." It is alleged that Alex said, "All I want you to do is sit there and look
Maxine_Sanders
Fictional characters
fail to get their feet into the slipper, but Ye Xian succeeds and dons the finery she wore at the festival. Outraged at their cruelty toward her, the warlord
Cinderella's_stepsisters
In golden robes resplendent, your arm's reach skyward showing off your finery, knowing this to shall pass. What say you faithful tree standing necked
Serial_imagery
Municipality in Euskadi, Spain
Eibar, like the rest of settlements in the valley, had an industry based on finery forges and arms manufacturing. In 1766, Eibar was engaged in a social revolt
Eibar
Exclusive society at Oxford University
Bullingdon Club tracked down – including new picture of David Cameron in his finery". The Independent. London. Retrieved 10 May 2015. "ConservativeHome's ToryDiary:
Bullingdon_Club
Federally recognized Native American tribe
refuge in Council Grove. The Kaw men painted their faces, donned their finery, and sallied forth on horseback to meet the Cheyenne. The two Indian armies
Kaw_people
Location where mineral-rich spring water is used to give medicinal baths
at one of the coffeehouses. At 4:00 pm, the wealthy dressed up in their finery and promenaded down the streets. Next came dinner, more promenading, and
Spa
British merchant banker (born 1953)
Bullingdon Club tracked down - including new picture of David Cameron in his finery". www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple
Roddie_Fleming
1964 overthrow of the Sultan of Zanzibar
government's opposition to the use of its airfields. Instead Operation Finery was drawn up, which would involve a helicopter assault by Royal Marines
Zanzibar_Revolution
16th c. Ottoman historian
Mehmet. "The Glories of Genghis The lords of the Steppes in all their finery". İslâm Ansiklopedisi. Retrieved 28 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint:
Kemaleddin_Mehmed
Mosque in Eyüp, Istanbul, Turkey
undergo circumcision (sünnet) are sometimes brought here in their special finery. Mass circumcision sessions are organised here for boys from poorer homes
Eyüp_Sultan_Mosque
Mythological vestment
who wants to seduce her husband Zeus, and has arrayed herself in all her finery, when she asks Aphrodite for "love and desire" (φιλότητα καί ἵμερον, philótēta
Girdle_of_Aphrodite
Bracamonte, Earl D.C. (23 October 2025). "Miss Earth presents Silver Year delegates in Filipiniana finery". The Philippine Star. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
Miss_Earth_Ethiopia
American documentary
chicken, seems unfortunately to preface his curious costume at Altamont – the finery of a court jester whose jokes have started going too far. The balance is
Gimme_Shelter_(1970_film)
1760–1840 agrarian to industrial era shift
puddling process produced structural grade iron at lower cost than the finery forge. The rolling mill was fifteen times faster than hammering wrought
Industrial_Revolution
Topics referred to by the same term
deforming a metal workpiece by working with localized compressive forces Finery forge, a works where pig iron was fined and forged (drawn out) into bars
Forge_(disambiguation)
FINERY
FINERY
FINERY
Female
English
English pet form of Latin Virginia, VIRGIE means "maiden, virgin."
Girl/Female
Welsh American English
Dark.
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Victory of One God
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Adiyn, ADIN means "dainty, delicate." In the bible, this is the name of an ancestor of a family of exiles who returned with Zerubbabel.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Ragajanani | ரகஜநநீ
Goddess Durga, Musical related name and heart
Girl/Female
Indian
Extremly wise
Girl/Female
Australian, Indian, Russian, Sanskrit, Slavic, Ukrainian
Luminescent; White; Bright Light; One of the 7 Tongues of Fire
Boy/Male
Japanese
White crest of the wave.
Boy/Male
German, Hebrew, Latin, Portuguese
Greater; Bringer of Light; Farmer; Bright One
Boy/Male
Hindu
A pet name for girl child
FINERY
FINERY
FINERY
FINERY
FINERY
a.
Finery; show; as, the gayety of dress.
n.
Finery; ornaments; ostentatious display.
n.
An ornament; a piece of worthless finery; a trinket.
n.
Fineness; beauty.
n.
Finery of a kind to please a child.
n.
See Finery.
a.
Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
n.
Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels.
n.
Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery.
n. pl.
Appendages; ornaments; finery; equipments.
n.
A charcoal hearth or furnace for the conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for puddling.
a.
Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery.
n.
Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
n.
Gayety; finery.
n.
One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.
n.
A trifling piece of finery; a gewgaw; that which is gay and showy without real value; a cheap, showy plaything.