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<p><b>2.</b> <def>One who administers a drench.</def>

<h1>Drengage</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dren"gage</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(O. Eng. Law)</fld> <def>The tenure by which a drench held land.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Burrill.</i>

<h1>Drent</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Drent</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Dreinte</er>.]</ety> <def>Drenched; drowned.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Condemned to be <i>drent</i>."

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Dresden ware</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dres"den ware`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A superior kind of decorated porcelain made near Dresden in Saxony.</def>

<h1>Dress</h1> <Xpage=453>

<hw>Dress</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Dressed</er> <tt>(?)</tt> or <er>Drest</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Dressing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>drecier</ets> to make straight, raise, set up, prepare, arrange, F. <ets>dresser</ets>. (assumed) LL. <ets>directiare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>dirigere</ets>, <ets>directum</ets>, to direct; <ets>dis-</ets> + <ets>regere</ets> to rule. See <er>Right</er>, and cf. <er>Address</er>, <er>Adroit</er>, <er>Direct</er>, <er>Dirge</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To direct; to put right or straight; to regulate; to order.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>At all times thou shalt bless God and pray Him to <b>dress</b> thy ways. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<note>&hand; <i>Dress</i> is used reflexively in Old English, in sense of "to direct one's step; to addresss one's self."</note>

<blockquote>To Grisild again will I me <b>dresse</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To arrange in exact continuity of line, as soldiers; commonly to adjust to a straight line and at proper distance; to align; <as>as, to <ex>dress</ex> the ranks</as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>To treat methodically with remedies, bandages, or curative appliances, as a sore, an ulcer, a wound, or a wounded or diseased part.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To adjust; to put in good order; to arrange; specifically: <sd>(a)</sd> To prepare for use; to fit for any use; to render suitable for an intended purpose; to get ready; <as>as, to <ex>dress</ex> a slain animal; to <ex>dress</ex> meat; to <ex>dress</ex> leather or cloth; to <ex>dress</ex> or trim a lamp; to <ex>dress</ex> a garden; to <ex>dress</ex> a horse, by currying and rubbing; to <ex>dress</ex> grain, by cleansing it; in mining and metallurgy, to <ex>dress</ex> ores, by sorting and separating them.</as></def>

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<blockquote>And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to <b>dress</b> it. <i>Gen. ii. 15.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>When he <b>dresseth</b> the lamps he shall burn incense. <i>Ex. xxx. 7.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Three hundred horses . . . smoothly <b>dressed</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Dressing</b> their hair with the white sea flower. <i>Tennyson</i></blockquote>.

<blockquote>If he felt obliged to expostulate, he might have <b>dressed</b> his censures in a kinder form. <i>Carlyle.</i></blockquote>

<sd>(b)</sd> <def>To cut to proper dimensions, or give proper shape to, as to a tool by hammering; also, to smooth or finish</def>.

<sd>(c)</sd> <def>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</def>.

<blockquote><b>Dressed</b> myself in such humility. <i> Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Prove that ever I<b>dress</b> myself handsome till thy return. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>