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Dressing

Dressing (dressing)
n.
Dress"ing
  1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
    B. Jonson.
  2. An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound.
    Wiseman.
  3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.
  4. A preparation to fit food for use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.
    (b)
  5. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
  6. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.
  7. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down.
    [Colloq.]

    Dressing case, a case of toilet utensils. -- Dressing forceps, a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. -- Dressing gown, a light gown, such as is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. -- Dressing room, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet. -- Dressing table, a table at which a person may dress, and on which articles for the toilet stand. -- Top-dressing, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil.














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