D R E 
a valuable china manufacture, • a church, a college, 
See. In the fquare is a ftatue of Auguftus II. king of 
Poland and eleCtor of Saxony. An avenue of lime-trees 
reaches to Frederickftadt. In the whole, Drefden is fup- 
pofed to contain between eighty and ninety thoufand in¬ 
habitants. The vineyards of Drefden ftretch over a tra<Tt 
about three leagues in length ; that is to fay, one league 
above the city, and nearly two leagues biplow it, next to 
the eleCtoral-chateau of Pilnitz. Some of thefe vineyards 
are, in a manner, public, as they are open, at all times, 
to the curiofity of ftrangers. Although this city has no 
very confiderable commerce, it contains, neverthelefs, a 
number of manufactures. A great exportation is made 
to foreigners of gold and filver lace, as likewife of the 
beautiful manufacture of paper-hangings, one of thofe 
branches of induftry wherein the German genius has 
taken the lead. The works of jewellery which are made 
»t Drefden are known through all Europe, as likewife 
the inftruments of mufic, organs, hautbois, French-horns, 
hunting-horns, and German-flutes. The manufacture of 
macaroni enjoys a reputation, which tcarcely yields to 
that of Italy ; but the mod confiderable manufacture of 
the environs by far, and the moft celebrated, is, unquet 
lionably, that of porcelain. The other manufactures are 
fine cloth, ferges, flialloons, (lockings, linen, (tuffs of 
linen and filk mixed, carpets, Morocco leather, plate- 
glafs, See. Hofpitality towards ftrangers is a (h iking fea¬ 
ture of the inhabitants of Drefden. Both the men and 
the women are diftinguiflied by an agreeable cultivated 
mind ; the ladies are in pofl'effion of a correct pronuncia¬ 
tion ; their manners and converfation are replete with the 
moft feduCtive graces ; and, although great lovers of 
pleafure, they cheerfully and fuccefsfully apply them- 
felves to all the occupations of their fex. The men are, 
in general, well-informed; and many (peak with facility 
feveral foreign languages. 
In 1756, in the war between Pruflia and Auftria, the 
king of Pruflia took pofleflion of Leipfic and Drefden, in 
a (late of neutrality ; towards the clofe of the year 1758, 
the king of Pruflia, being compelled to evacuate Saxony, 
marflsal Daim marched towards Drefdetlj) threatened to 
befiege it, and, on the 9th of November,,iftade an attempt 
on the fuburbs, in which his troops vv^efe beaten back. 
Count Schmettau, who commanded in the city, fet fire 
to the fuburbs, which were greatly fuperior to the city 
within the walls, and inhabited by the moft wealthy of 
the inhabitants, with the richeft and moft confiderable of 
the manufacturers. Count Schmettau aCted as a foldier, 
entrufted with the command of a city, perhaps, ought to 
have done; he refilled the united prayers of the royal 
family, the magiftrates, and citizens ; combuftibles were 
placed in feveral places, and the whole fet on fire, after 
which they retired within the walls. Marfhal Daun re¬ 
tired on the 17th. On the 27th of July following, the 
imperial troops appeared again before the town, and 
Schmettau furrendered on capitulation, on the 4th of 
Auguft. In 1760, the king of Pruflia attempted to re¬ 
cover the place, but marfhal Daun feized the opportu¬ 
nity of throwing troops into the town, and fupporting 
the befieged with a numerous army, the Pruflians retired, 
but not before a confiderable number of houfes were con- 
fumed by fire from the bombs. Drefden is fixty-two 
miles north-north-weft of Prague, and 262 eaft of Cologn. 
Lat-5i.N. Ion. 31.29. E. Ferro. 
DRES'DEN, a townfhip of the American States, in* 
Lincoln county, diftriCl of Maine, nine miles from Wif- 
caflet Point, fifteen from Fort Wefton at Hallowell, and 
180 north by eaft from Bofion. Swan Illand is in this 
townfhip. 
DRES'NICKj a townof Croatia: eighteen miles north- 
weft of Bihacs. 
To DRESS, v. a. [drcjfr, Fr. ] To clothe; to inveft 
with clothes: 
The firft requeft 
He made, was, like his brothers to be drefs’d ; 
And, as his birth requir’d, above the reft. Dryden. 
Voi.. VI. No. 332. 
D R E> 7? 
To clothe potflpoufly or elegantly. It is ufe<l with up 
and out to enforce it.—Lollia Paulina wore, in jewels, 
when drejfed out, the -value of three hundred twenty-two 
thoufand nine hundred and fixteen pounds thirteen (hil¬ 
lings and four-pence. Arbuthnot. 
Few admir’d the native red and white, 
Till poets dref'd them up to charm the fight. Dryden-. 
To adorn; to deck; to embellifli; to furnifh.—The mind 
lofes its natural relifii of real truth, and is reconciled in- 
fenfibly to any thing that can be drejfed up into any faint 
appearance of it. Locke. —To cover a wound with medi¬ 
caments.—In time of my ficknefs another chirurgeon 
drejfed her. Wifeman. —To curry; to rub ; a term of the 
(fable.—Our infirmities are fo many, that we are forced 
to drefs and tend horfes and afles, that they may help our 
needs. Taylor. 
Three hundred horfes, in high (tables fed. 
Stood ready, fliining all, and fmoothly drefs'd. Dryden „ 
To break or teach a horfe : a term of horfemanfhip : 
A (teed 
Well mouth’d, well manag’d, which himfelf did drefs; 
His aid in war, his ornament in peace. Dryden. 
To rectify ; to adjuft : 
Adam ! well may we labour (till to drefs 
This garden; ltill to tend plant, herb, and flow’r. Milton.. 
To prepare for any purpofe.—In Orkney they drefs their 
leather with roots of tormentil, inftead of bark. Mortimer . 
—To trim ; to fit any thing For ready ufe.—When he 
drejfeth the lamp9 he (hall burn incenfe. Excd. xxx.— 
When you drefs your young hops, cut away roots or 
fprigs. Mortimer. —To prepare victuals for the table : 
Thus the voluptuous youth, bred up to drefs 
For his fat grandfire fome delicious tnefs, 
In feeding high his tutor will furpafs, 
An heir apparent of the gourmand race. Dryden. 
DRESS, f. Clothes; garment; habit. —Dreffes laughed! 
at in our forefathers wardrobes or pictures, when, by the 
circulation of time and vanity they are brought about* 
we think becoming. Government of the Tongue. 
A robe obfeene was o’er his (boulders thrown, 
A drefs by fates and furies worn alone. Pope. 
Splendid clothes ; habit of ceremony.—Full drefs creates 
dignity, augments confcioufnefs, and keeps at diftance an 
encroacher. Clarifa .—The (kill of adjufting drefs.—The 
men of pleafure, drefs , and gallantry. Pope. 
To DRESS, v. n. To be over attentive to drefs ; to pay 
a due regard to drefs.—Dance, drefs, prefent yourfelf ha¬ 
bitually well now, that you may have none of thefe things 
to think of hereafter. Chef erf eld. 
My hair I’d powder in the women’s way, 
And drefs , and talk of drefing , more than they. Bramfon. 
DRES'SER,/! One employed in puttingonthe clothes 
and adorning the perfon of another : 
She hurries all her hand-maids to the ta(k; 
Her head alone will twenty drcjfes a(k. Dryden. 
One employed in regulating, trimming, or adjufting, any 
thing.-—Said he unto the dreffer of his vineyard, Behold 0 
thefe three years I come feeking fruit on this fig-tree, and 
find none. Luke .—The bench in a kitchen on which meat 
is drefied or prepared for the table : 
A maple dreffer in her hall (he had, 
On which full many a (lender meal (he made. Dryden . 
DRES'SERUS (Matthew), an eminent German phi- 
lofophical profeftbr, of the Lutheran perfuafion, born at 
Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, in 1536. After re¬ 
ceiving a preparatory education at Eilleben, he com¬ 
menced his firft collegiate exercifes at Wittemberg, un. 
ddb the inftrudtions of Luther and Melanbthon. Having 
taken his degree of M. A. in 1559, he delivered.a pri. 
vate courfe of leftures on rhetoric. After that, he de- 
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