Definition of dressing

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Dressing (n.) Castigation; scolding; -- often with down.

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Stonecutting :: Stonecutter (n.) One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone..
Knockings :: Knockings (n. pl.) Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore..
Gown :: Gown (n.) A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
Tassel :: Tassel (n.) A kind of bur used in dressing cloth; a teasel.
Coiffure :: Coiffure (n.) A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair..
Surfboat :: Surfacer (n.) A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc..
Hustings :: Hustings (n. pl.) The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors.
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
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..
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..
Address :: Address (v. t.) Act of addressing one's self to a person; verbal application.
Pricking :: Pricking (n.) Dressing one's self for show; prinking.
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A short dressing jacket for women.
Knobbing :: Knobbing (n.) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.
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..
Preen :: Preen (n.) A forked tool used by clothiers in dressing cloth.
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..
Rebate :: Rebate (n.) An iron tool sharpened something like a chisel, and used for dressing and polishing wood..
Dressing :: Dressing (n.) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat..
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..
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