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straight; to regulate; to order. [Obs.] At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to dress thy ways. Chaucer.

gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally dress clothes were customarily worn.

ock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat.

A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes.

One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.

The state of being dressy.

Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire. B. Jonson.

A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker.

The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses.

Showy in dress; attentive to dress. A dressy flaunting maidservant. T. Hook. A neat, dressy gentleman in black. W. Irving.

To prepare or make ready. [Obs.] His foe was soon addressed. Spenser. Turnus addressed his men to single fight. Dryden. The five foolish virgins addressed themselves at the noise of the bridegroom's coming. Jer. Taylor.

One to whom anything is addressed.

The act of addressing or directing one's course. [Rare & Obs.] Chapman.

A female ambassador; also, the wife of an ambassador. Prescott.

A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker.

A female contestant. [R.]

A female defender. [R.] Defendress of the faith. Stow.

A woman who demands.

Same as Ambassadress.

A female founder; a woman who founds or establishes, or who endows with a fund.