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dressings

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dressings [ˈdrɛsɪŋz]
pl n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) dressed stonework, mouldings, and carved ornaments used to form quoins, keystones, sills, and similar features


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Assisted by the silent Peter and the well-stocked medicine-chest, I apply the necessary dressings to my wound, wrap myself in the comfortable morning-gown which is always kept ready in the Guests' Chamber, and lie down again on the bed to try the restorative virtues of sleep.
His dressings were soon applied, and consisted only of some pounded bark, moistened with a fluid that he had expressed from some of the simples of the woods.
From the milk and the meat of the nut she made various sauces and dressings, sweet and sour, that were served, according to preparation, with dishes that ranged from fish to pudding.
 
 
 
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