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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 577 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DRESS (from the Fr. See also:dresser, to set out, arrange, formed from See also:Lat. directus, arranged, dirigere, to See also:direct, arrange)  , a substantive of which the current meaning is that of clothing or See also:costume in See also:general, or, specifically, the See also:principal See also:outer garment worn by a woman (see COSTUME) . The verb " to See also:dress " has various applications which can be deduced from its See also:original meaning . It is thus used not only of the putting on of clothing, but of the preparing and See also:finishing of See also:leather, the preparation of See also:food for eating, the application of cleansing and healing substances or of bandages, &c., to a See also:wound, the See also:drawing up in a correct See also:line of a See also:body of troops, and, generally, adorning or decking out, as of a See also:ship with flags . In the See also:language of the See also:theatre the " See also:dresser " is the See also:person who looks after the actor's See also:wardrobe and assists him in the changing of his costumes . For the printer's use of " dresser " see See also:TYPOGRAPHY .

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