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.
DRESSMAKER
Dress"mak`er, n.
Defn: A maker of gowns, or similar garments; a mantuamaker.
DRESSMAKING
Dress"mak`ing, n.
Defn: The art, process, or occupation, of making dresses.
DRESSY
Dress"y, a.
Defn: Showy in dress; attentive to dress.
A dressy flaunting maidservant. T. Hook.
A neat, dressy gentleman in black. W. Irving.