compressor (conp-), ōris, m. [comprimo],
one who compresses (in mal. part.), Mythogr. Vatic. 1, 18; Plaut. Argum. Aul. 2, 7.
·noun Anything which serves to compress. II. Compressor ·noun A muscle that compresses certain part...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A mechanism generally adopted afloat for facilitating the working of the large guns recently introdu...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A contrivance for holding the chain-cable by compression. ...
A curved arm of iron which revolves on a bolt through an eye at one end, at the other is a larger ey...