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Sauce :: Sauce (n.) A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc..

Negligee :: Negligee (n.) An easy, unceremonious attire; undress; also, a kind of easy robe or dressing gown worn by women..

Gravy :: Gravy (n.) The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up..

Knobbing :: Knobbing (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.

O :: O (interj.) An exclamation used in calling or directly addressing a person or personified object; also, as an emotional or impassioned exclamation expressing pain, grief, surprise, desire, fear, etc..

Teasel :: Teasel (n.) Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.

Insensuous :: Insensuous (a.) Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses..

Preen :: Preen (n.) A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.

Robe-de-chambre :: Robe-de-chambre (n.) A dressing gown, or morning gown..

Chaff :: Chaff (v. t.) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.

Gravy :: Gravy (n.) Liquid dressing for meat, fish, vegetables, etc..

Macassar Oil :: Macassar oil () A kind of oil formerly used in dressing the hair; -- so called because originally obtained from Macassar, a district of the Island of Celebes. Also, an imitation of the same, of perfumed castor oil and olive oil..

Water Dressing :: Water dressing () The treatment of wounds or ulcers by the application of water; also, a dressing saturated with water only, for application to a wound or an ulcer..

Scotching :: Scotching (n.) Dressing stone with a pick or pointed instrument.

Petrolatum :: Petrolatum (n.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments..

Pledget :: Pledget (n.) A compress, or small flat tent of lint, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged..

Surfboat :: Surfacer (n.) A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc..

Pomatum :: Pomatum (n.) A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade..

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad..

Hustings :: Hustings (n. pl.) The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors.

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