n.
a make-shift wool-press inwhich the fleeces are rammed down with a spade.
1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvii. p. 202:
«The spade-press – – that friendly adjunct of the pioneersquatter's humble wool-shed.»
·noun A castrated man or beast. II. Spade ·noun A hart or stag three years old. III. Spade ·noun A...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In open speaking, to call a spade a spade is to give a man his real character. The phrase is old and...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun Specifically, a printing press. II. Press ·noun The act of pressing or thronging forward. II...
·add. ·- A spade when spades are trumps under the condition that every trick over six taken by the s...
·- A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. ·see under <<Hydrostat...
·- A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a sc...
·add. ·- A cake of compressed substance, as: in gunpowder manufacture, the cake resulting from compr...
·add. ·- The last proof for correction before sending to press. II. Press proof ·add. ·- A proof ta...
·add. ·- A proof for final revision. ...
·add. ·- The work of a press agent. ...
Consisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath, Gr. lenos) into which the grapes were...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
A hand rolling-board for cartridges, rocket, and port-fire cases. ...
When the press-gangs were instructed, on imminent emergency, to impress seamen, regardless of the pr...
The simple yet powerful water-press invented by Bramah, without which it would have been a puzzle to...
To reduce an enemy to straits. (See impressment.) ...
A party of seamen who (under the command of a lieutenant) were formerly empowered, in time of war, t...
To carry too much sail on a ship. ...
As much sail as the state of the wind, &c., will permit a ship to carry. ...