·noun A lady's gown; as, silk or a velvet dress.
II. Dress ·noun Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it.
III. Dress ·noun The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.
IV. Dress ·vt To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal.
V. Dress ·noun That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel.
VI. Dress ·vt To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish.
VII. Dress ·vi To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; as, to dress quickly.
VIII. Dress ·vt To Direct; to put right or straight; to Regulate; to Order.
IX. Dress ·vi To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers;
— the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, dress!.
X. Dress ·vt To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part.
XI. Dress ·vt To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to Align; as, to dress the ranks.
XII. Dress ·vt To put in proper condition by appareling, as the body; to put clothes upon; to Apparel; to invest with garments or rich decorations; to Clothe; to Deck.
XIII. Dress ·vt To Adjust; to put in good order; to Arrange; specifically: (a) To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; as, to dress a slain animal; to dress meat; to dress leather or cloth; to dress or trim a lamp; to dress a garden; to dress a horse, by currying and rubbing; to dress grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to dress ores, by sorting and separating them.