Dress"ing , n.
1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment
or attire. B. Jonson.
2. (Surg.)
An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to a sore or wound. Wiseman.
3.
Manure or compost over land. When it
remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.
4. (Cookery) (a) A preparation to fit food for
use; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad. (b) The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.;
forcemeat.
5.
Gum, starch, and the like,
used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
6. An ornamental finish, as a molding
around doors, windows, or on a ceiling,
etc.
7. Castigation; scolding;
-- often with down. [Colloq.]
Dressing case, a case of toilet utensils. -- Dressing forceps,
a variety of forceps, shaped like a pair of scissors, used in dressing wounds. --
Dressing gown,
a light gown, such as
is used by a person while dressing; a study gown. -- Dressing room, an apartment appropriated for making one's toilet. -- Dressing
table, a table at which a person may dress, and on
which articles for the toilet stand. -- Top-dressing, manure or compost spread over land and not
worked into the soil.
Hear it pronounced