Part 3471

<sd>(d)</sd> <def>To break and train for use, as a horse or other animal</def>.

<cs><mcol><col>To dress up</col> &or; <col>out</col></mcol>, <cd>to dress elaborately, artificially, or pompously.</cd> "You see very often a king of England or France <i>dressed up<i> like a Julius C\'91sar." <i>Addison</i>. -- <col>To dress a ship</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>to ornament her by hoisting the national colors at the peak and mastheads, and setting the jack forward; when dressed <i>full<i>, the signal flags and pennants are added.</cd> <i>Ham. Nav. Encyc</i>.</cs>

<syn>Syn. -- To attire; apparel; clothe; accouter; array; robe; rig; trim; deck; adorn; embellish.</syn>

<h1>Dress</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Dress</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers; -- the word of command to form alignment in ranks; as, Right, <i>dress</i>!</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To clothe or apparel one's self; to put on one's garments; to pay particular regard to dress; <as>as, to <ex>dress</ex> quickly</as>.</def> "To <i>dress</i> for a ball."

<i>Latham.</i>

<blockquote>To flaunt, to <b>dress</b>, to dance, to thrum. <i>Tennyson</i></blockquote>.

<cs><mcol><col>To dress to the right</col>, <col>To dress to the left</col>, <col>To dress on the center</col></mcol> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>to form alignment with reference to the soldier on the extreme right, or in the center, of the rank, who serves as a guide.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dress</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Dress</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>That which is used as the covering or ornament of the body; clothes; garments; habit; apparel.</def> "In your soldier's <i>dress</i>."

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A lady's gown; <as>as, silk or a velvet <ex>dress</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Attention to apparel, or skill in adjusting it.</def>

<blockquote>Men of pleasure, <b>dress</b>, and gallantry. <i> Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Milling)</fld> <def>The system of furrows on the face of a millstone.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<cs><col>Dress circle</col>. <cd>See under <er>Circle</er>.</cd> -- <col>Dress parade</col> <fld>(Mil.)</fld>, <cd>a parade in full uniform for review.</cd></cs>

<h1>Dress coat</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Dress" coat`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A coat with skirts behind only, as distinct from the frock coat, of which the skirts surround the body. It is worn on occasions of ceremony. The dress coat of officers of the United States army is a full-skirted frock coat.</def>

<h1>Dresser</h1> <Xpage=454>

<hw>Dress"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for use; one who on clothes or ornaments.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A kind of pick for shaping large coal.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress wounds, sores, etc.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <ety>[F. <ets>dressoir</ets>. See <er>Dress</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A table or bench on which meat and other things are dressed, or prepared for use.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and cooking utensils.</def>