Bramah press | Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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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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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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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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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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