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Definition of dress

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Dress (v. t.) To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them..

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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..

Harl :: Harl (n.) A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies..

Draff :: Draff (n.) The slant given to the furrows in the dress of a millstone.

Burler :: Burler (n.) One who burls or dresses cloth.

Dowdy :: Dowdy (superl.) Showing a vulgar taste in dress; awkward and slovenly in dress; vulgar-looking.

Dressing :: Dressing (n.) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat..

Sural :: Surah (n.) A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk.

Regimentals :: Regimentals (n. pl.) The uniform worn by the officers and soldiers of a regiment; military dress; -- formerly used in the singular in the same sense.

Broach :: Broach (n.) To enlarge or dress (a hole), by using a broach..

Tire :: Tire (n.) A covering for the head; a headdress.

Underdressed :: Underdressed (a.) Not dresses enough.

Strickler :: Strickle (n.) An instrument used in dressing flax.

Ask :: Ask (v. t.) To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed..

Unhook :: Unhook (v. t.) To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of; as, to unhook a fish; to unhook a dress..

Slipper :: Slipper (n.) A kind of light shoe, which may be slipped on with ease, and worn in undress; a slipshoe..

Stonecutting :: Stonecutter (n.) One whose occupation is to cut stone; also, a machine for dressing stone..

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..

Parquet :: Parquet (n.) A body of seats on the floor of a music hall or theater nearest the orchestra; but commonly applied to the whole lower floor of a theater, from the orchestra to the dress circle; the pit..

Expensive :: Expensive (a.) Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family..

Grisaille :: Grisaille (n.) A kind of French fancy dress goods.