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Slattern :: Slattern (n.) A woman who is negligent of her dress or house; one who is not neat and nice.

Livery :: Livery (n.) The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery..

Address :: Address (v.) To consign or intrust to the care of another, as agent or factor; as, the ship was addressed to a merchant in Baltimore..

Gown :: Gown (n.) Any sort of dress or garb.

Adight :: Adight (v. t.) To set in order; to array; to attire; to deck, to dress..

Bandage :: Bandage (n.) A fillet or strip of woven material, used in dressing and binding up wounds, etc..

Basque :: Basque (n.) A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques..

Court :: Court (n.) Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

Dress :: Dress (v. t.) To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; as, to dress the ranks..

Surpliced :: Surplice (n.) A white garment worn over another dress by the clergy of the Roman Catholic, Episcopal, and certain other churches, in some of their ministrations..

Hide :: Hide (n.) The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc..

Redressive :: Redressive (a.) Tending to redress.

Crown :: Crown (n.) A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc..

Tournure :: Tournure (n.) Any device used by women to expand the skirt of a dress below the waist; a bustle.

Edge :: Edge (v. t.) To furnish with a fringe or border; as, to edge a dress; to edge a garden with box..

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..

Rigger :: Rigger (n.) One who rigs or dresses; one whose occupation is to fit the rigging of a ship.

Wimple :: Wimple (n.) A covering of silk, linen, or other material, for the neck and chin, formerly worn by women as an outdoor protection, and still retained in the dress of nuns..

Misericordia :: Misericordia (n.) An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.

Ruche :: Ruche (n.) A plaited, quilled, or goffered strip of lace, net, ribbon, or other material, -- used in place of collars or cuffs, and as a trimming for women's dresses and bonnets..

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