"dressing stick" meaning in All languages combined

See dressing stick on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: dressing sticks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dressing stick (plural dressing sticks)
  1. A block of silicon carbide or aluminium oxide used to dress diamond tools by removing the build-up of metal etc.
    Sense id: en-dressing_stick-en-noun-Fz3cfy38 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25
  2. Any of several sticks, often with a hook, used by the elderly or infirm to help put on clothes.
    Sense id: en-dressing_stick-en-noun-St5vQXLR

Inflected forms

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