bible-press

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• Bible

  ·noun A <<Book>>. II. Bible ·noun A book with an authoritative exposition of some topic, respected ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bible

  Bible, the English form of the Greek name Biblia, meaning "books," the name which in the fifth centu...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• bible

  A boatswain's great axe. Sea term. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bible

  A hand-axe. Also, a squared piece of freestone to grind the deck with sand in cleaning it; a small h...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Bible

  The Bible is the name given to the revelation of God to man contained in sixty-six books or pamphlet...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Press

  ·noun Specifically, a printing press. II. Press ·noun The act of pressing or thronging forward. II...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Douay Bible

  ·- A translation of the Scriptures into the English language for the use of English-speaking Roman C...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Ru bible

  ·noun A <<Ribble>>. ...

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• bible oath

  Supposed by the vulgar to be more binding than an oath taken on the Testament only, as being the big...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• breeches bible

  An edition of the Bible printed in 1598, wherein it is said that Adam and Eve sewed figleaves togeth...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• bible christians

  The Philadelphia Mercury thus gives a summary of the creed of this new sect: "This denomination abst...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Bramah press

  ·- A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. ·see under <<Hydrostat...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Drill press

  ·- A machine for drilling holes in metal, the drill being pressed to the metal by the action of a sc...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Press cake

  ·add. ·- A cake of compressed substance, as: in gunpowder manufacture, the cake resulting from compr...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Press proof

  ·add. ·- The last proof for correction before sending to press. II. Press proof ·add. ·- A proof ta...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Press revise

  ·add. ·- A proof for final revision. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Press work

  ·add. ·- The work of a press agent. ...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Wine-press

  Consisted of two vats or receptacles, (1) a trough (Heb. gath, Gr. lenos) into which the grapes were...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• spade-press

  n. a make-shift wool-press inwhich the fleeces are rammed down with a spade. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• hot-press

  When the press-gangs were instructed, on imminent emergency, to impress seamen, regardless of the pr...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• hydraulic press

  The simple yet powerful water-press invented by Bramah, without which it would have been a puzzle to...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• press, to

  To reduce an enemy to straits. (See impressment.) ...

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• press-gang

  A party of seamen who (under the command of a lieutenant) were formerly empowered, in time of war, t...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• over-press, to

  To carry too much sail on a ship. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• press of sail

  As much sail as the state of the wind, &c., will permit a ship to carry. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book