press-gang

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• gang-gang

  or Gan-gan n. theaboriginal word for the bird Callocephalon galeatum,Lath., so called from its not...

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• Gang

  ·vi A going; a course. II. Gang ·vi A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays. II...

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• gang

  A company of men, a body of sailors, a knot of thieves, pickpockets, &c. A gang of sheep trotters; t...

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• gang

  1) row, set, or company ; as of teeth, sheep's trotters, rogues, &c. in which sense it is used all o...

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• gang

  A detachment; being a selected number of a ship's crew appointed on any particular service, and comm...

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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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• Gang-flower

  ·noun The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week. ...

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• Water gang

  ·- A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes. ...

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• gang-board

  The narrow platform within the side next the gunwale, connecting the quarter-deck to the forecastle....

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• gang-casks

  Small barrels used for bringing water on board in boats; somewhat larger than breakers, and usually ...

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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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• hot-press

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

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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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• 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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