(of a press)
81press´ing|ness — press|ing «PREHS ihng», adjective, noun. –adj. requiring immediate action or attention; urgent: »A man with a broken leg is in pressing need of a doctor s help. He left town quickly on some pressing business. The danger n became too pressing to… …
82press´ing|ly — press|ing «PREHS ihng», adjective, noun. –adj. requiring immediate action or attention; urgent: »A man with a broken leg is in pressing need of a doctor s help. He left town quickly on some pressing business. The danger n became too pressing to… …
83press|ing — «PREHS ihng», adjective, noun. –adj. requiring immediate action or attention; urgent: »A man with a broken leg is in pressing need of a doctor s help. He left town quickly on some pressing business. The danger n became too pressing to admit of… …
84press|work — «PREHS WURK», noun. 1. the working or management of a printing press. 2. the work done by a printing press …
85press sail — press of sail: see press n.1 10 …
86Press — Press, n. (Zo[ o]l.) An East Indian insectivore ({Tupaia ferruginea}). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and to brownish black. [1913 Webster] …
87Press — Press, v. t. [Corrupt. fr. prest ready money advanced, a loan; hence, earnest money given soldiers on entering service. See {Prest}, n.] To force into service, particularly into naval service; to impress. [1913 Webster] To peaceful peasant to the …
88Press — Press, v. i. 1. To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force. [1913 Webster] 2. To move on with urging and crowding; to make one s way with violence or effort; to bear onward forcibly; to crowd; to throng; to… …
89Press cake — A cake of compressed substance, as: in gunpowder manufacture, the cake resulting from compressing the meal powder; in the treatment of coal tar, the pressed product at various stages of the process; or, in beet sugar manufacture, the vegetable… …
90Press revise — (Print.) A proof for final revision. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
