·- A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock 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.
·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
·noun A <<Petticoat>>. II. Coat ·vt To cover with a coat or outer garment. III. Coat ·noun A coat ...
The tunic worn like the shirt next the skin (Lev. 16:4; Cant. 5:3; 2 Sam. 15:32; Ex. 28:4; 29:5). Th...
A piece of tarred canvas nailed round above the partners, or that part where the mast or bowsprit en...
The Sailor's Word-Book
[Dress] ...
·add. ·- A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally ...
·- 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...
An out-of-the-way old-fashioned dress, or rather a loose kind of dress, denoting a courtesan. ...
India-rubber habiliments, the head-piece is of light metal fitted with strong glass eyes, and an att...
To place a fleet in organized order; also, to arrange men properly in ranks; to present a true conti...
·add. ·- A short, heavy, double-breasted plaid coat, the design of which is large and striking. ...
·noun A coat made of match-cloth. ...
·- The first coat in plastering; — called also scratchwork. ·see Pricking-up. ...
·adj Having or consisting of three coats; — applied to plastering which consists of pricking-up, fl...
·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Tuxedo>>. ...
a great coat. N. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
a great coat. York. ...
The peculiar nails with which the mast coats are fastened. ...
A conical canvas fitted over the wedges round the mast, to prevent water oozing down from the decks....
A light coat or defence of mail, concealed under the ordinary dress. ...
A piece of stout canvas nailed to the pump-partners where it enters the upper deck, and lashed to th...
A canvas coat affixed to the rudder, encasing the opening in the counter, to prevent the sea from ru...
Full uniform; probably from its resemblance to that of the royal beef-eaters. ...
The rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "glittering" (1 Sam. 17:5, 38). The same word in the plural f...
"a corselet of scales," a cuirass formed of pieces of metal overlapping each other, like fish-scales...
See King Edward Street. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The chiton shell. ...