dressare

dressare, ~ere [OF dresser < *directiare] , to ‘dress’, set in order, put to rights. b (absol.) to prepare food. 1269 in bord[is] in butelria drescend[is] (Suff) MinAc 994/27; 1388 in vomeribus et cultris ~andis Ac. Man. Cant. (Lawling, Essex).  b c1310 in panetria: ‥ j me[n]sa ad ~andum LTR Ac (Templ.) 19 r. 42d..