Definition of dress

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Dress (v. t.) To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.

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Cover :: Cover (v. t.) To put the usual covering or headdress on.
Thou :: Thou (obj.) The second personal pronoun, in the singular number, denoting the person addressed; thyself; the pronoun which is used in addressing persons in the solemn or poetical style..
Sateen :: Sateen (n.) A kind of dress goods made of cotton or woolen, with a glossy surface resembling satin..
Tidy :: Tidy (superl.) Arranged in good order; orderly; appropriate; neat; kept in proper and becoming neatness, or habitually keeping things so; as, a tidy lass; their dress is tidy; the apartments are well furnished and tidy..
Compellative :: Compellative (n.) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.
Ream :: Ream (v. t.) To bevel out, as the mouth of a hole in wood or metal; in modern usage, to enlarge or dress out, as a hole, with a reamer..
Prink :: Prink (v. t.) To dress or adjust one's self for show; to prank.
Dress :: Dress (v. i.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!.
Bandage :: Bandage (n.) A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc..
Gimp :: Gimp (n.) A narrow ornamental fabric of silk, woolen, or cotton, often with a metallic wire, or sometimes a coarse cord, running through it; -- used as trimming for dresses, furniture, etc..
Rag :: Rag (v. t.) To cut or dress roughly, as a grindstone..
Tucker :: Tucker (n.) A narrow piece of linen or the like, folded across the breast, or attached to the gown at the neck, forming a part of a woman's dress in the 17th century and later..
Fur :: Fur (n.) Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament..
Congratulate :: Congratulate (v. t.) To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.
Toy :: Toy (v. t.) A headdress of linen or woolen, that hangs down over the shoulders, worn by old women of the lower classes; -- called also toy mutch..
Tribune :: Tribune (n.) Anciently, a bench or elevated place, from which speeches were delivered; in France, a kind of pulpit in the hall of the legislative assembly, where a member stands while making an address; any place occupied by a public orator..
Dress Coat :: Dress coat () A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat..
Foretop :: Foretop (n.) That part of a headdress that is in front; the top of a periwig.
Address :: Address (v. t.) Act of preparing one's self.
Commode :: Commode (n.) A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height..
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