Dress goods

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• Dress

  ·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

• Dress

  1) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then ...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• to dress

  To beat. I'll dress his hide neatly; I'll beat him soundly. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• Dress

  This subject includes the following particulars: • Materials; • Color and decoration; • Name, for...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Goods

  ·noun ·pl ·see <<Good>>, ·noun, 3. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• goods

  cattle. Derb. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• Dress circle

  ·add. ·- A gallery or circle in a theater, generally the first above the floor, in which originally ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Dress coat

  ·- A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Top-dress

  ·vt To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Head-dress

  Not in common use among the Hebrews. It is first mentioned in Ex. 28:40 (A.V., "bonnets;" R.V., "hea...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• nugging dress

  An out-of-the-way old-fashioned dress, or rather a loose kind of dress, denoting a courtesan. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• diving-dress

  India-rubber habiliments, the head-piece is of light metal fitted with strong glass eyes, and an att...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• dress, to

  To place a fleet in organized order; also, to arrange men properly in ranks; to present a true conti...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Consumer's goods

  ·add. ·- Economic goods that directly satisfy human wants or desires, such as food, clothes, picture...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Dry goods

  ·- A commercial name for textile fabrics, cottons, woolens, linen, silks, laces, ·etc., — in distinc...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Producer's goods

  ·add. ·- Goods that satisfy wants only indirectly as factors in the production of other goods, such ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Steelbow goods

  ·- Those goods on a farm, such as corn, cattle, implements husbandry, ·etc., which may not be carrie...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Good's Rents

  In the Minories (Strype, ed. 1755-Dodsley, 1761). Not named in the maps. Named after the builder o...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• run goods

  A maidenhead, being a commodity never entered. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bale goods

  Merchandise packed in large bundles, not in cases or casks. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• gruff-goods

  An Indian return cargo consisting of raw materials cotton, rice, pepper, sugar, hemp, saltpetre, &c....

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• kentledge goods

  In lieu of ballast. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• prize-goods

  Those taken upon the high seas, jure belli, from the enemy. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• running goods

  Landing a cargo of contraband articles. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• shipping goods

  Receiving and stowing them on board. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• stowage goods

  Those which usually pay freight according to bulk. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• roast-beef dress

  Full uniform; probably from its resemblance to that of the royal beef-eaters. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• custom-house goods

  The stock in trade of a prostitute, because fairly entered. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• as good's go

  In the phrase, I'd as good's go to New York, instead of "I might as well go to New York." "I'd as go...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• runners of foreign goods

  Organized smugglers. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Great Eastern Railway Goods' Receiving Office

  On the west side of Laurence Lane at No. 23, in Cheap Ward, on the western boundary of the ward (P.O...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Great Northern Railway Goods' Station and Depot

  On the north side of Royal Mint Street (P.O. Directory). Covers the site of Merchant Taylors' Almsh...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.