In veg. pathol., to treat (grain and other seed) with hot water, formaldehyde solution, or a similar fungicide, for the purpose of destroying the spores of smut and other plant-diseases.
In milling, to clean and refine (flour); free (flour) from bran by passing it through bolters. See milling.
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In printing, a set of types with their appurtenances; also, their arrangement and their general appearance in print.
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A garment, or the assemblage of garments, used as a covering for the body or for its adornment; clothes; apparel: as, to spend a good deal of money on dress.
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Specifically
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The gown or robe worn by women, consisting of a skirt and a waist, either made separately or in one garment.
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Outward adornment; elegant clothing, or skill in selecting, combining, and adjusting articles of clothing: as, a love of dress; a man of dress.
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In ornithology, plumage: as, spring or autumn dress; the breeding dress.
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External finish: used especially of the arrangement of the furrows on a millstone.
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Size; dressing.
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Synonyms Clothing, raiment, habiliments, accoutrements, vestments, habit, attire, array, garb, costume, suit.
To put or make straight; adjust to a right line: as (in military use), to dress ranks.
To regulate; direct; set right; keep in the right course.
To adjust; fasten; fix.
To address; direct: as, to dress words to a person; hence, with reflexive pronoun, to direct or turn one's course, efforts, or attention; prepare or apply one's self to do something; repair; betake one's self: as, they dressed themselves to the dance.
To prepare or make ready; treat in some particular way, and thus fit for some special use or purpose
To prepare for use as food, by cooking or by the addition of suitable condiments, etc.: as, to dress meat; to dress a salad.
To make fit for the purpose intended, by some suitable process: as, to dress beef for the market; to dress skins; to dress flax or hemp.