Press cake

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• Cake

  ·vi To cackle as a goose. II. Cake ·vi To form into a cake, or mass. III. Cake ·noun A thin wafer-...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Press

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

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cake

  Cakes made of wheat or barley were offered in the temple. They were salted, but unleavened (Ex. 29:2...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• cake, or cakey

  A foolish fellow. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• 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

• Genoa cake

  ·add. ·- A rich glazed cake, with almonds, pistachios, filberts, or other nuts; also, a rich currant...

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• Mill-cake

  ·noun The incorporated materials for gunpowder, in the form of a dense mass or cake, ready to be sub...

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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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• Rout cake

  ·add. ·- A kind of rich sweet cake made for routs, or evening parties. ...

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• Tough-cake

  ·noun ·see Tough-pitch (b). ...

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• Twelfth-cake

  ·noun An ornamented cake distributed among friends or visitors on the festival of Twelfth-night. ...

  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

• fat-cake

  n. ridiculous name sometimesapplied to Eucalyptus leucoxylon, F. v. M., according toMaiden (`Useful...

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

• 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

• hoe-cake

  A cake of Indian meal, baked before the fire. In the interior parts of the country, where kitchen ut...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• johnny-cake

  A cake made of Indian meal mixed with milk or water. A New England Johnny-cake is invariably spread ...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• haver-cake

  oat-cake. York. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• hopper-cake

  a seed-cake with plums in it, with which the farmers treat their servants when seed-time is finished...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• spice-cake

  plumb-cake. SPICE-GINGERBREAD does not imply plumbs, but gingerbread that is warm in the mouth. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• bible-press

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

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• cake-ice

  Ice formed in the early part of the season. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• 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. ...

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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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