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dressern.1 Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French dressour. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman dressour, Anglo-Norman and Middle French dresseur, dressouer kitchen sideboard or table (early 14th cent. or earlier) < dresser dress v. + -oir (see -ory suffix1).Compare Old French dreçor (1285), Middle French drechoir , dreçoir , Middle French, French dressoir (1321). Compare also post-classical Latin dressor , dressorium , dressura (from 13th cent. in British sources), directorium (early 14th cent. in a British source in this sense; 15th cent. in a continental source; compare directory n.). With the γ. forms compare -or suffix. In δ. forms after French dressoir. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > sideboard > [noun] 1352 in D. Yaxley (2003) 70 Dresciour bord..drescourbord. 1423–4 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 180 (MED) j cloth to þe dressour. a1475 (Sloane) (1862) 20 Powder dowce þeron þou kast Stondande at dressore on þe last. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart II. f. ccxcvv All the..plate of golde and syluer that was serued that day in the palays at the dresser or elswhere. 1562 G. Legh f. 212 What meaneth this dromme said I. Quod he, this is to warne Gentilmen of houshold to repaire to the dresser. 1608 32 A dressoir whereon to marshall the dishes. 1677 Duke of Newcastle & T. Shadwell ii. 34 (stage direct.) The Cook knocks on the Dresser, for Dinner carrying up. 1719 D. Defoe 87 I..set up some Pieces of Boards, like a Dresser, to order my Victuals upon. 1788 R. Briggs iii. 113 Lay the fish on the dresser and take away all the bones and fins. 1820 W. Irving II. 107 We heard a distant thwacking sound,..the rolling pin, struck upon the dresser by the cook. 1853 E. C. Gaskell in 17 Dec. 364/2 A paste-board, made after the French pattern, which would not slip about on a dresser, as he had observed her English paste-board to do. 1903 107 269 A dresser window was an opening provided with a ‘dresser’ or table on both sides, for the convenient passing through of dishes and other vessels, etc. 2000 C. Christie 266 The furniture he needed for his duties included a dresser with lead-lined sink. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > sideboard > [noun] > dresser 1538 T. Elyot Abax, abacis, a cupboorde, or dresser. 1552 R. Huloet Cupborde or dresser, abacus. 1630 ‘M. Car’ tr. St. Francis de Sales iii. iii. 171 With a nimble speede opening a Dresser which stood by, he takes a cordiall water infinitly precious. 1702 C. Mather iv. ii. ii. 148/1 It should not be fasten'd unto the Wall, Dresser-Fashion. 1736 2 Jan. A Fire..had burnt the Wainscot of the Room; and melted all the Pewter on the Dresser. 1786 Aug. 407/2 The plates on many dressers were made to clatter or jingle. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve x. 171 The dressers were covered with brilliant copper..vessels. 1882 48 The old black dresser with its row of shining pewter at the top. 1928 P. O'Donnell iv. 19 Peggy was out, but the eggs were in a row on the dresser. 1968 Dec. 130 The valuable elements among the family possessions, e.g., the piano, the dresser full of the best crockery, the rocking chair, and other heavy oak pieces. 2004 H. Holt (2005) i. 15 Heavy dressers filled with china took up most of the wall space. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > household linen > table linen > [noun] > tablecloth 1571 in J. Raine (1835) I. 360 J dresser of dyaper js. society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > table > [noun] > dressing table 1828 Sept. 404/1 He found the contents of a lady's dresser, with combs, paints, trinkets of various descriptions. 1895 Spring & Summer 605/1 Dresser, well made, of hardwood... Has a good 20 × 24 German beveled mirror and 3 large drawers. 1927 M. de la Roche xiv. 159 The tiny light of the candle, reflected in the mirror on the dresser, only faintly illuminated their faces. 1970 S. Ellin iii. 13 Just tell me which dresser you want. 2008 Nov.–Dec. 4 It fits just right before the mirror on the bedroom dresser. Compounds society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > sideboard > [noun] 1352Dresciour bord [see sense 1]. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 580/41 Escaria, dresserbord. 1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer ix. 126 The meat..on clean Dresser-boards..he sets. 1723 J. Nott sig. Mm2v Take two or three good Trouts, gut them at the Gills,..then lay them on a Dresser-board. 1906 in C. J. Sharp & C. L. Marson 3rd Ser. 41 She set him up in a gilty chair She gave him sugar sweet. She laid him out on a dresser board And stabbed him like a sheep. 2015 A. Buxton 124 On the table (which could serve the same purpose as a dresser board) are a shredding knife..and a chopping board. the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > knife a1450 in T. Austin (1888) 53 (MED) Take a dressoure knyf. c1450 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker (1884) I. 594/15 Machera, a dressurcnyf. 1669 E. Chamberlayne 293 The Sergeant of the Ewry is to bring linnen... The Yeoman of the Chandry seared Clothes, the Master Cook a sharp Dresser Knife. 1884 10 Sept. 1/7 (advt.) Imported lace dresser scarfs in Mother Hubbard and Kate Greenaway designs. 1980 A. Tyler (1983) vi. i. 160 The room was full of castoffs: a looming wardrobe faced with a flecked, metallic mirror; a bow-fronted bureau topped with a mended dresser scarf. 2009 C. Anderson viii. 154 Crotched doilies and dresser scarves camouflaged the nicks and gouges on the rickety dresser and bedside tables. c1593 in J. Raine (1842) 69 Having their meat served out of the Dresser-windowe of the great Kitchen. 1869 R. Willis iv. 32 The great kitchen had two dresser windows into the Frater. 1903 107 269 Meat could be served more quickly through two dresser-windows used together than through one. 2011 J. G. Clark ii. 76 They were assigned their own table and apparently were served from the kitchen—at the ‘dresser window’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). dressern.2 Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dress v., -er suffix1. Etymology: < dress v. + -er suffix1.Attested earlier as a surname (Thomas le Dresceour (1300), John le Dressour (1360)), although it is unclear whether such examples reflect currency of the English word or of an (apparently otherwise unattested) Anglo-Norman noun. With the β. forms compare -our suffix. I. Senses relating to a person. the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > advice > [noun] > adviser or counsellor c1450 (Michigan 1) 10 (MED) For to be owre leder & our dresser to..þe kyngdome of heuyn. c1475 (c1445) R. Pecock (1921) 110 (MED) An intellectual vertu..which is prudence, forto be dresser and reuler of alle þe moral vertues. 2. the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [noun] > preparation of something for use > one who 1520 R. Whittington sig. D.vv Shermen, dressers, carders and spynners. 1526 Luke xiii. f. xcix The dresser of his vyneyarde. a1575 (?c1483) Two 16th-cent. Accts. of Royal Occasions in (1973) Apr. 126/1 Anon came in the furst cowerse before the Kynge, and the dressers. 1607 R. Parker i. ii. 90 The Manichees did eate the meate, the dressers whereof they held in execration. 1664 7 One [herring] Busse..imployeth..Viewers, Packers, Tellers, Dressers, Couchers to make the Herrings lawfull Merchandizes. 1711 No. 4862/4 Every..Spanish Leather-dresser, and all other Dressers of Hides. 1778 G. Washington Gen. Orders 26 Apr. in (2004) Revolutionary War Ser. XIV. 640 Wanted immediately for public service the following Workmen..One dresser to tend the Stamp-Mill to work and burn ore. 1819 5 125 The most elegant dresser of a fly in Scotland. 1865 J. T. F. Turner 14 These sheets of slate are then passed to the ‘dressers’ or cutters. 1908 21 Oct. 7/5 Then..it [sc. the glove] is ready for the dresser, who puts it into shape by means of sticks and wideners. 1984 J. Seymour (1985) 51/2 The split slates are handed to the dresser, whose job it is to cut the roughly shaped slates to the required dimensions. 2004 I. A. DeVault vii. 194 Lasters, treers, dressers, and packers, and a ‘mixed’ union of seventy-seven members made up the joint council. society > communication > printing > type founding > type-founder > [noun] > one who finishes type 1683 J. Moxon II. 187 The Letter Dresser hath..his Letters Set up in Composing-sticks. 1846 G. Dodd 6th Ser. 45 The long frame, filled with a single line of type, is removed to the dresser. 1888 XXIII. 699/2 The dresser..slips them into a long stick..and..cuts with a plane a groove in the bottom. 1965 E. Tunis v. 128/1 ‘Dressers’, often women, cleaned up the bodies on grindstones. 2003 36 331 Moxon..often uses the name of the type of workman (Caster, Dresser, Compositor, Pressman, etc) as the subject of the sentence. 3. the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > barbers and hairdressers > [noun] a1596 Sir F. Knollys in (1865) Apr. 487 The fynest dresser of a womans heade or heare, that is to be seen in any countrye. a1640 P. Massinger (1658) iv. iv. 64 Your borrow'd hair Powder'd, and curl'd, was by your dressers art Form'd like a Coronet, hang'd with diamonds. 1701 E. Sherburne tr. Seneca Troades iv. i, in tr. Seneca 310 Thy Hair frightfully staring, recommand To order, by some curious Dressers Hand. 1797 A. M. Bennett VII. x. 384 An exceeding good dresser of hair and layer-on of rouge. 1827 T. Carlyle tr. J. P. F. Richter in III. 306 Over its wide-parted pavement-stones there passes every week but one barber, every holiday but one dresser of hair, and every year but one hawker of parasols. 1987 P. Gregory (2017) xi. 300 Mama's own dresser piled up my hair in fat coils. b. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > one who > one who dresses another 1632 P. Massinger ii. i. sig. D4v Comand my Dresser to adorne her with The robes that I gaue order for. 1671 Duchess of Newcastle (ed. 2) ii. 333 I will..send for Dressers to put you in the best fashion. 1711 J. Swift 18 Sept. (1948) I. 362 I chose to dine with Mrs. Hill, who is one of the dressers, and Mrs. Masham's sister. 1767 B. Thornton tr. Plautus Treasure ii. i, in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus II. 17 She brings Her whole retinue with her, such a train Of waiting-women, such a tribe of dressers, Minstrels, and lacqueys. 1813 Mar. 204/2 I was dresser to her Royal Highness; she could not be ill or indisposed without my knowing it. 1884 in Princess Christian tr. K. Sell 318 (note) A former dresser of the Queen's. 1939 17 June 1221/2 She formed a heterosexual attachment to her dresser. 1972 G. Heyer 10 Miss Jurby, Annis's devoted dresser. 2002 B. Hoey i. 3 The dresser removes the clothes the Queen has worn the night before and each article is examined and brushed. society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > costumier or dresser 1731 ‘W. Egerton’ 129 It was given out by him that she was a Woman of no Family or Reputation, a Dresser to the Play-houses, or something no better. 1771 D. Garrick ?11 Nov. (1963) II. 771 They wish that he would indulge himself less with Swearing before ye Performers, & dressers in his room. 1851 W. K. Northall 117 Carpenters, scene-shifters, gas-men, dressers and super-numeraries, all partook of the general joy. 1870 O. Logan 77 All theatres of any importance have ‘dressers’. These help the players in change of dress, and fold up and put away their stage clothing after the piece is over. 1914 G. K. Chesterton iv. 83 An aged servant or ‘dresser’, whose broken-down face and figure..contrasted queerly with the glittering interior of the great actress's dressing-room. 1970 K. Giles v. 148 Her dresser had very pleasant memories of good Sergeant Honeybody. 2006 J. Walters 75 This is Billie Rosenblatt, dresser to the stars, all the way from Auckland. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > [noun] > in specific way > other > one who 1679 J. Crowne ii. 28 He is no dresser, do but see how awkardly His damn'd Crevat is tyed? 1717 10 An easy, modest Man, and a good Dresser; Speaks French, and wears clean Linnen ev'ry Day. 1778 F. Burney Let. Sept. in (1994) III. 99 I don't think Mrs. Burney a very good Dresser. 1826 M. M. Sherwood (ed. 2) IV. xxi. 261 Of all the dressers I ever saw, she is the worst. 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton I. ii. i. 163 The most perfect dresser that even France could exhibit. 1909 31 July 3/1 I thought he was a clean-cut, good-looking young fellow, not much of a dresser, perhaps, although his blue trunks looked fresh. 1940 254 537/2 The neighbour's wife is some dresser and looks well in a fur coat. 2006 E. Collinsworth 57 With the exception of James, who's quite a dresser, the lot of them looked a bit dingy. the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [noun] > assisting in surgery 1621 F. Cartwright sig. B3v His wound being drest, the Surgeons warranted life... On the assurance of his Dressers, I was bayled. 1687 iii. v. 260/1 Cold Air..having been let into the Wound by the carelesness of the dresser of it. 1747 (MS.) July An application was made to this Committee to receive a young man as ‘Pupil or Dresser’ in the Hospital. 1808 19 97 I was dresser to a surgeon of one of the hospitals in the metropolis. 1852 10 Apr. 77/1 Dressers waiting for the surgeons to make their daily round of the wards. 1915 23 Jan. 180 There is one dresser (a woman), nine nurses, five lady orderlies, four male orderlies, and a cook. 1969 5 July 8/1 Keats became dresser to William Lucas, the son of a most competent surgeon to whom Hammond himself had been a dresser in the days of his training. 2011 85 47/1 Wilfred was the dresser of the famous brain surgeon Lambert Rodger. society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier who practises drill or evolution > [noun] > others 1793 Of Battalion 33 in (rev. ed.) The dresser of each body as he accomplishes the operation will give a caution Front, that heads may then be replaced, and remain square to the front. 1796 16 Every dresser of a body in a given line, must in his own person be placed on that line, while he is directing such operation. 1823 G. Crabb Dressers (Mil.) those men who take up direct or relative points, by which a corps is enabled to preserve a regular continuity of front. 1847 21 On the word March, the dressers front, and the rear rank steps back one pace, dressing by the right. II. Senses relating to an appliance. the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > equipment or materials for > equipment > other 1600 T. Dekker sig. C3v You skomaker, haue you al your tooles..a good dresser, your foure sorts of awles. 1670 J. Evelyn (ed. 2) xxvi. 126 Also of Box are made..Bump-sticks, and Dressers for the Shooe-maker. society > occupation and work > equipment > driving or beating tools > [noun] > mallet > types of 1688 R. Holme iii. 326/1 A Plummers Dresser..a Bat of Wood made with a handle, flat at the bottom, and rounded off at the top-side. 1703 R. Neve 192 Having roll'd open 2 Sheets, they [sc. plumbers] beat them flat with their Dresser. society > occupation and work > equipment > equipment for working with skins or leather > [noun] > other leather-working equipment 1853 C. Morfit (new ed.) 468 They [sc. skins] are then worked with the round-knife upon the dresser..a cylindrical wooden bar fastened at a height of five feet three inches from the ground, by its two ends, to two buttresses projecting from the wall. society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > other specific machines > [noun] 1855 28 239/1 From this we pass to Hornsby's prize dresser. This is to be used in conjunction with their prize thrashing machine. 1912 2/1 Various modifications may be resorted to in the specific construction of the details of this bolting reel or centrifugal dresser. 1992 14 Aug. 24/4 I have little doubt that by the time the grain has been through the dresser it will have come up to the 72kg/hl standard, at which most of it has been pre-sold. society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > other types of cutting equipment > [noun] > others 1860 Although specially intended for the dressing of mill stones..this machine may be used advantageously for dressing other stones, particularly where a portable dresser is required. 1878 1 June 1609/1 The dresser is run by the power of the spindle, and it will clearly appear that it may be adjusted so as to dress stones running in either direction. society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > miner's pick 1881 9 129 Dresser, a large pick, with which the largest lumps of coal are prepared for loading into the skip. S. Staffords. Derivatives the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [noun] > assisting in surgery > office of 1815 J. Cross 63 A dressership to a large hospital is an office of some importance. 1837 24 June 377/2 My friend Sandy tells me most extraordinary things about the King's College. He is thinking of purchasing a dressership at St. Bartholomew's or Guy's. 1889 16 Graduates..admitted to three months' Clinical Clerkship or Dressership. 1950 in M. M. Chambers ii. 460 Limited registration assures each student of [a] large number of cases under his personal supervision during clerkships and dresserships. 2008 57 131 Keats..began his clinical training as an apothecary on the wards of Guy's, finally completing his dressership in March 1817. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.11352 n.2c1450 |
