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Webster 1913 Edition


Undress

Un-dress′

,
Verb.
T.
[1st pref.
un-
+
dress
.]
1.
To divest of clothes; to strip.
2.
To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
3.
(Med.)
To take the dressing, or covering, from;
as, to
undress
a wound
.

Un′dress

,
Noun.
1.
A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress.
2.
(Mil. & Naval)
An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform.
Undress parade
(Mil.)
,
a substitute for dress parade, allowed in bad weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being shortened.

Webster 1828 Edition


Undress

UNDRESS'

, v.t
1.
To divest of clothes; to strip.
2.
To divest of ornaments, or the attire of ostentation; to disrobe.