Definition of dressing

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

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Bedizenment :: Bedizenment (n.) That which bedizens; the act of dressing, or the state of being dressed, tawdrily..
Compress :: Compress (n.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part..
Knobbing :: Knobbing (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.
Tassel :: Tassel (n.) A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
Stuffing :: Stuffing (n.) Any seasoning preparation used to stuff meat; especially, a composition of bread, condiments, spices, etc.; forcemeat; dressing..
Langate :: Langate (n.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.
Apothesis :: Apothesis (n.) A dressing room connected with a public bath.
Spokesmen :: Spokeshave (n.) A kind of drawing knife or planing tool for dressing the spokes of wheels, the shells of blocks, and other curved work..
Slime :: Slime (n.) Mud containing metallic ore, obtained in the preparatory dressing..
Harl :: Harl (n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies..
Addressing :: Addressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Addres.
Inshave :: Inshave (n.) A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.
Lint :: Lint (n.) Linen scraped or otherwise made into a soft, downy or fleecy substance for dressing wounds and sores; also, fine ravelings, down, fluff, or loose short fibers from yarn or fabrics..
Surfboat :: Surfacer (n.) A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc..
Slabbing :: Slabbing (a.) Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces..
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..
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..
Chisel :: Chisel (n.) A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer..
Pomatum :: Pomatum (n.) A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade..
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