Un*dress" (?), v. 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.

 

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Un"dress (?), n.

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.

 

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