An out-of-the-way old-fashioned dress, or rather a loose kind of dress, denoting a courtesan.
·noun A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress. II. Dress ·noun Attention to apparel, or skill in ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
1) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
To beat. I'll dress his hide neatly; I'll beat him soundly. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
This subject includes the following particulars: • Materials; • Color and decoration; • Name, for...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
A brothel. ...
·add. ·- A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally ...
·- A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the...
·- A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; — most commonly to fabrics of mixed ...
·vt To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land. ...
Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "hea...
India-rubber habiliments, the head-piece is of light metal fitted with strong glass eyes, and an att...
The Sailor's Word-Book
To place a fleet in organized order; also, to arrange men properly in ranks; to present a true conti...
Full uniform; probably from its resemblance to that of the royal beef-eaters. ...