hot-press

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• Press

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

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• Hot

  ·- imp. & ·p.p. of Hote. II. Hot ·- of <<Hote>>. III. Hot ·- of <<Hote>>. IV. Hot ·- of <<Hight>>...

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• Bramah press

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

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• Drill press

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

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• Press cake

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

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• Press proof

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

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• Press revise

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

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• Press work

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

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• Wine-press

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

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• spade-press

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

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• bible-press

  A hand rolling-board for cartridges, rocket, and port-fire cases. ...

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• hydraulic press

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

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• 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...

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• Full-hot

  ·adj Very fiery. ...

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• Hot blast

  ·- ·see under <<Blast>>. ...

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• Hot bulb

  ·add. ·- ·Alt. of Hot pot. ...

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• Hot pot

  ·add. ·- ·see Semi-diesel, below. ...

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• Hot-blooded

  ·adj Having hot blood; excitable; high-spirited; irritable; ardent; passionate. ...

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• Hot-brained

  ·adj Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth. ...

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• Hot-head

  ·noun A violent, passionate person; a hasty or impetuous person; as, the rant of a hot-head. ...

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• Hot-headed

  ·adj Fiery; violent; rash; hasty; impetuous; vehement. ...

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• Hot-livered

  ·adj Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible. ...

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• Hot-mouthed

  ·adj <<Headstrong>>. ...

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• Hot-short

  ·adj More or less brittle when heated; as, hot-short iron. II. Hot-short ·add. ·adj Brittle when he...

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• Hot-spirited

  ·adj Having a fiery spirit; hot-headed. ...

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• Red-hot

  ·adj Red with heat; heated to redness; as, red-hot iron; red-hot balls. Hence, figuratively, excited...

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• White-hot

  ·adj White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence. ...

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• hot pot

  Ale and brandy made hot. ...

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• hot stomach

  He has so hot a stomach, that he burns all the clothes off his back; said of one who pawns his cloth...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• hot wind

  n. an Australian meteorologicalphenomenon. See quotations, especially 1879, A. R. Wallace.The phras...

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

• hot-windy

  adj. See houhere. 1871. Dingo, `Australian Rhymes,' p. 18: «A spell that still makes me forget ...

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• hot coppers

  Dry fauces; morning thirst, but generally applied to those who were drinking hard over-night. ...

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• hot-shot

  Balls made red-hot in a furnace. Amongst the savages in Bergou, the women are in the rear of the com...

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• hot-well

  In a steamer, a reservoir from whence to feed the boiler with the warm water received out of the con...

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• over-press, to

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

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• press of sail

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

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• Hot Water Court

  North out of Fann Street at No. 49. A portion only within the City boundary (P.O. Directory). Firs...

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• red-hot balls

  Shot made red-hot in a furnace, and in that state discharged at the enemy. The loading is managed wi...

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• devil to pay and no pitch hot

  The seam which margins the water-ways was called the "devil," why only caulkers can tell, who perhap...

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