dress (dres)

[ As Chastity, says Philander, appears in the habit of a Roman matron, in whom that virtue was supposed to reign in its perfection, Piety wears the dre of the vestal virgins, who were the greatest and most shining examples of it. Add is on, Ancient Medals, ii. Abs . Is Mr. Faulkland returned? Fag . He is above, sir, changing his dre . IMG:content-3157.png:[graphic] Sheridan, The Rivals, ii. 1. Chesterfield, Letters, Nov. 24, 1749. Specifically-2. The gown or robe worn by women, consisting of a skirt and a waist, either made separately or in one garment. Style is the dre of thoughts. Two evening dre es for a girl who had never had anything better than the simplest muslin! Mrs. Oliphant, A Poor Gentleman, xvi. 3. Outward adornment; elegant clothing, or skill in selecting, combining, and adjusting articles of clothing: as, a love of dre ; a man of dre .-4. In ornith., plumage: as, spring or autumn dre ; the breeding dre .-5. External finish: used especially of the arrangement of the furrows on a millstone. - 6. Size; dre ing. Boil or soak [the canvas) for an hour or so in a solution of soda and water to get out the dre . Workshop Receipts , 2d ser., p. 122. Full dre , a style of dre which etiquette or fashion requires to be worn on occasions of ceremony, or on certain social occasions, as a fashionable private entertainment, a ball, etc. =Syn. 1. Clothing, raiment, habiliments, accoutrements, vestments, habit, attire, array, garb, costume, suit. dre -circle (dres'sėr"kl), п. A portion of a theater, concert-room, or other place of entertainment, originally set apart for spectators or an audience in evening dre , but now generally used indiscriminately: in theaters, usually the first gallery or circle above the floor. There they [East Indians at the Queen's Theatre in London] sit in splendid array, in the dre - circle , close to the royal box, and no one objects. N. A. Rev. , CXXVII. 484. dre -coat (dres'kōt'), n. A coat worn by men on occasions of ceremony; especially, a coat fitting tightly, and having the skirts cut away over the hips. See coat2 , coat2, and full dre , under dre erl (dres'er), n. [ dre eur , a trainer.] 1. One who dre es; one who is em employed in preparing, trimming, or adjusting something. dre . Then said he unto the dre er of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none; cut it down. Luke xiii. 7. A very simple honest fellow, sir, one Demetrius, a dre er of plays about the town here. B. Jonson, Poetaster, iii. 1. Specifically- ( a ) A hospital a istant whose office it is to dre wounds, ulcers, etc. The magistrate and clerk were bowed in by the house surgeon and a couple of young men who smelt very strong of tobacco-smoke; they were introduced as dre ers . Dickens , Sketches, The Hospital Patient. (b) One who is employed in clothing and adorning others, as in a theater. She [the Empre Eugénie] had three maids, or dre ers , as they are called at the English court. Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 617. (c) In type- founding, a workman who dre es types arranged in rows, removes their defects, and prepares them for sale. 2. A tool, apparatus, or power-machine for cutting and dre ing the furrows on the face of a millstone. The simplest of the tools used for this purpose is a pick or light hammer having one or more sharp steel points; a block of emery or corundum, provided with a handle, and having a sharp cutting edge, is also used. In more complicated apparatus, a pick or other similar tool is supported on a frame that travels over the face of the stone. In some cases the stone is set up on edge, as in a lathe; in others it is placed horizontally in the machine under a revolving cutter, which travels on a fixed arm radial to the stone, the stone revolving beneath it. dre er 3. A machine for splitting geological specimens. It consists of a strong frame with a pair of chisels, one fixed and the other controlled by a powerful lever. The mineral, fo il, or other material is placed between the chisels and split by pre ure. 4. A miners' pick.-5. A plumbers' mallet used for closing joints in sheet-lead.