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Addressee
Addressee Ad`dress*ee", n.
One to whom anything is addressed.
DresserDresser Dress"er, n. [F. dressoir. See Dress, v. t.]
A piece of chamber furniture consisting of a chest of
drawers, or bureau, with a mirror. [U. S.] DresserDresser Dress"er, n.
1. One who dresses; one who put in order or makes ready for
use; one who on clothes or ornaments.
2. (Mining) A kind of pick for shaping large coal.
3. An assistant in a hospital, whose office it is to dress
wounds, sores, etc.
4. [F. dressoir. See Dress, v. t.]
(a) A table or bench on which meat and other things are
dressed, or prepared for use.
(b) A cupboard or set of shelves to receive dishes and
cooking utensils.
The pewter plates on the dresser Caught and
reflected the flame, as shields of armies the
sunshine. -- Longfellow. Flax dresserFlax Flax, n. [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG. flahs, G.
flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, L.
plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. ? to weave, plait.
See Ply.]
1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L.
usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a
foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the
bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen,
cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from
the seed.
2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken
and cleaned by hatcheling or combing.
Earth flax (Min.), amianthus.
Flax brake, a machine for removing the woody portion of
flax from the fibrous.
Flax comb, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle.
Flax cotton, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in
bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared
for bleaching and spinning like cotton. --Knight.
Flax dresser, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares
it for the spinner.
Flax mill, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen
manufactured.
Flax puller, a machine for pulling flax plants in the
field.
Flax wench.
(a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.]
(b) A prostitute. [Obs.] --Shak.
Mountain flax (Min.), amianthus.
New Zealand flax (Bot.) See Flax-plant. Flour dresserFlour Flour, n. [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the
best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour,
Icel. fl["u]r flower, flour. See Flower.]
The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain;
especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting;
hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour
of emery; flour of mustard.
Flour bolt, in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving,
cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the
refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones.
Flour box a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box.
Flour dredge or dredger, a flour box.
Flour dresser, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour
according to grades of fineness.
Flour mill, a mill for grinding and sifting flour. Gauze dresserGauze Gauze, n. [F. gaze; so called because it was first
introduced from Gaza, a city of Palestine.]
A very thin, slight, transparent stuff, generally of silk;
also, any fabric resembling silk gauze; as, wire gauze;
cotton gauze.
Gauze dresser, one employed in stiffening gauze. Hairdresser
Hairdresser Hair"dress`er, n.
One who dresses or cuts hair; a barber.
Redresser
Redresser Re*dress"er (-?r), n.
One who redresses.
S DresseriEider Ei"der, n. [Of Scand. origin, cf. Icel [ae]?r; akin to
Sw. eider, Dan. ederfugl.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any species of sea duck of the genus Somateria, esp.
Somateria mollissima, which breeds in the northern parts of
Europe and America, and lines its nest with fine down (taken
from its own body) which is an article of commerce; -- called
also eider duck. The American eider (S. Dresseri), the
king eider (S. spectabilis), and the spectacled eider
(Arctonetta Fischeri) are related species.
Eider down. [Cf. Icel. [ae][eth]ard[=u]n, Sw. eiderd[=u]n,
Dan. ederduun.] Down of the eider duck, much sought after
as an article of luxury. Tendresse
Tendresse Ten*dresse", n. [F.]
Tender feeling; fondness. [Obs., except as a French word]
Top-dressedTop-dress Top"-dress`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Top-dressed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Top-dressing.]
To apply a surface dressing of manureto,as land. Underdressed
Underdressed Un`der*dressed", a.
Not dresses enough.
Vinedresser
Vinedresser Vine"dress`er, n.
One who cultivates, prunes, or cares for, grapevines; a
laborer in a vineyard.
The sons of the shall be your plowmen and your
vinedressers. --Isa. lxi. 5.
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