2. Ornament; decoration; especially, excecially decoration; showy
clothes; jewels.
Her mistress' cast-off finery.
F. W. Robertson.
3. [Cf. Refinery.] (Iron Works) A charcoal hearth or furnace for the
conversion of cast iron into wrought iron, or into iron suitable for
puddling.
Fine"spun` (?), a. Spun so as to be fine; drawn to a fine thread;
attenuated; hence, unsubstantial; visionary; as, finespun theories.
Fi`nesse" (? or ?), n. [F., fr. fin fine. See Fine, a.] 1. Subtilty of
contrivance to gain a point; artifice; stratagem.
This is the artificialest piece of finesse to persuade men into
slavery.
Milton.