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thistle or weed (Bot.), the teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) whose burs are used by fullers in dressing cloth. See Teasel.

A man, irrespective of condition; -- used esp. in the plural (= citizens; people), in addressing men in popular assemblies, etc.

A loose wrapper worn by gentlemen within doors; a dressing gown.

A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised.

The juice or other liquid matter that drips from flesh in cooking, made into a dressing for the food when served up.

A comb for dressing flax, raw silk, etc.; a hatchel.

A barb, or barbs, of a fine large feather, as of a peacock or ostrich, -- used in dressing artificial flies. [Written also herl.]

A manner of dressing the hair or of adorning it, whether with or without a veil, ribbons, combs, etc.

The manner of dressing the head, as at a particular time and place.

An exclamation used in addressing a familiar acquaintance. [Obs.] Shak.

The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors. [Eng.] When the rotten hustings shake In another month to his brazen lies. Tennyson.

Not sensuous; not pertaining to, affecting, or addressing, the senses. That intermediate door Betwixt the different planes of sensuous form And form insensuous. Mrs. Browning.

A plane for shaving or dressing the concave or inside faces of barrel staves.

sh taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores.

y moves, bearing the load. -- Jib door (Arch.), a door made flush with the wall, without dressings or moldings; a disguised door. -- Jib header (Naut.), a gaff-topsail, shaped like a jib; a jib- headed topsail. -- Jib topsail (Naut.), a small jib set above and outside of all the other jibs. -- The cut of one's jib,…

A large vat used in dressing ores.

A similar gown worn as a dressing gown by women of Western nations.

Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections.

Large lumps picked out of the sieve, in dressing ore.

A linen roller used in dressing wounds.