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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Charpie :: Charpie (n.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.
Headdress :: Headdress (n.) A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc..
Keeve :: Keeve (n.) A large vat used in dressing ores.
Pick :: Pick (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones..
Mace :: Mace (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
Woundwort :: Woundwort (n.) Any one of certain plants whose soft, downy leaves have been used for dressing wounds, as the kidney vetch, and several species of the labiate genus Stachys..
Heartlings :: Heartlings (interj.) An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance.
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..
Prayer :: Prayer (v. i.) The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer..
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
Addression :: Addression (n.) The act of addressing or directing one's course.
Knobbing :: Knobbing (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.
Alutation :: Alutation (n.) The tanning or dressing of leather.
Remoulad :: Remoulad (n.) A kind of piquant sauce or salad dressing resembling mayonnaise.
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A steel instrument for completing the dressing of soft stone.
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
Hustings :: Hustings (n. pl.) The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors.
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A short dressing jacket for women.
Bundle :: Bundle (v. i.) To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping..
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..
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