Definition of dressing

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Dressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Dres.

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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..
Camisole :: Camisole (n.) A short dressing jacket for women.
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..
Loob :: Loob (n.) The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in dressing.
Mace :: Mace (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
Redress :: Redress (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
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..
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..
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..
Graining :: Graining (n.) A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised..
Gown :: Gown (n.) A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
Dubbing :: Dubbing (n.) A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing.
Top-dressing :: Top-dressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Top-dres.
Album Graecum :: Album Graecum () Dung of dogs or hyenas, which becomes white by exposure to air. It is used in dressing leather, and was formerly used in medicine..
Redressment :: Redressment (n.) The act of redressing; redress.
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..
Gentleman :: Gentleman (n.) A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc..
Top-dressing :: Top-dressing (n.) The act of applying a dressing of manure to the surface of land; also, manure so applied..
Edging :: Edging (n.) The operation of shaping or dressing the edge of anything, as of a piece of metal..
Allocution :: Allocution (n.) The act or manner of speaking to, or of addressing in words..
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