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Webster 1913 Edition
Dressing
Dress′ing
,Noun.
1.
Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
B. Jonson.
2.
(Surg.)
An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to cover a sore or wound.
Wiseman.
3.
Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.
4.
(Cookery)
(a)
A preparation, such as a sauce, to flavor food for eating; a condiment;
as, a
. dressing
for salad(b)
The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
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.
– Top-dressing
, manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil.
Webster 1828 Edition
Dressing
DRESSING
,ppr.
DRESSING
,Noun.
1.
Raiment; attire.2.
That which is used as an application to a wound or sore.3.
That which is used in preparing land for a drop; manure spread over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.4.
In popular language, correction; a flogging, or beating.