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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Surfboat :: Surfacer (n.) A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc..
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..
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..
Gown :: Gown (n.) A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.
Mace :: Mace (n.) A knobbed mallet used by curriers in dressing leather to make it supple.
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..
Langate :: Langate (n.) A linen roller used in dressing wounds.
Redress :: Redress (n.) The act of redressing; a making right; reformation; correction; amendment.
Cookery :: Cookery (n.) The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat..
Loob :: Loob (n.) The clay or slimes washed from tin ore in dressing.
Teasel :: Teasel (n.) Any contrivance intended as a substitute for teasels in dressing cloth.
Gentleman :: Gentleman (n.) A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc..
Addression :: Addression (n.) The act of addressing or directing one's course.
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..
Moslings :: Moslings (n. pl.) Thin shreds of leather shaved off in dressing skins.
Mayonnaise :: Mayonnaise (n.) A sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency of a sirup, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce..
Sauce :: Sauce (n.) A composition of condiments and appetizing ingredients eaten with food as a relish; especially, a dressing for meat or fish or for puddings; as, mint sauce; sweet sauce, etc..
Steamboat :: Steam (v. t.) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc..
Stone-dead :: Stonecutting (n.) Hewing or dressing stone.
Dressing :: Dressing (n.) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat..
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