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Stonecutting :: Stonecutter (n.) One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone..

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.

Knockings :: Knockings (n. pl.) Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore..

Toilet :: Toilet (n.) Act or mode of dressing, or that which is arranged in dressing; attire; dress; as, her toilet is perfect..

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..

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics..

Stuffing :: Stuffing (n.) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing..

Pompadour :: Pompadour (n.) A crimson or pink color; also, a style of dress cut low and square in the neck; also, a mode of dressing the hair by drawing it straight back from the forehead over a roll; -- so called after the Marchioness de Pompadour of France. Also much used adjectively..

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

Hackle :: Hackle (n.) A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel..

Cookery :: Cookery (n.) The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat..

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

Edging :: Edging (n.) The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal..

Madam :: Madam (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir..

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound..

Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.

Top-dressing :: Top-dressing (n.) The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied..

Address :: Address (v. t.) Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.

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..

Chipping :: Chipping (n.) The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape..

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