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dressing 1. a covering for a wound, sore, etc. 2. size used for stiffening textiles dressing [′dres·iŋ] (agriculture) Manure or compost used as a fertilizer. (civil engineering) The process of smoothing or squaring lumber or stone for use in a building. (engineering) The sharpening, repairing, and replacing of parts, notably drilling bits and tool joints, to ready equipment for reuse. (medicine) Application of various materials for protecting a wound and encouraging healing. Material so applied. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Passing by one of the dressing tents I glanced in through a hole in the canvas to see if I could locate him. In like manner, the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up. With these thoughts passing through his mind, and yet wondering at the very same time how he who came there rioting in the confidence of this man (as he thought), should be so soon and so thoroughly subdued, Hugh stood cowering before him, regarding him uneasily from time to time, while he finished dressing. |
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