Dressing

1. Dress; raiment; especially, ornamental habiliment or attire.
2. (Surg.) An application (a remedy, bandage, etc.) to cover a sore or wound.
3. Manure or compost over land. When it remains on the surface, it is called a top-dressing.
4. Gum, starch, and the like, used in stiffening or finishing silk, linen, and other fabrics.
5. An ornamental finish, as a molding around doors, windows, or on a ceiling, etc.
6. Castigation; scolding; -- often with down.
1. A preparation, such as a sauce, to flavor food for eating; a condiment; as, a dressing for salad.
2. The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.
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.
Top-dressing ,
manure or compost spread over land and not worked into the soil.