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Press
·noun Specifically, a printing press.
II. Press ·noun The act of pressing or thronging forward.
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Work
·noun To ferment, as a liquid.
II. Work ·noun Ore before it is dressed.
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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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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.
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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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Bantam work
·- Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.
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Grotto-work
·noun Artificial and ornamental rockwork in imitation of a grotto.
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Hand-work
·noun ·see <<Handiwork>>.
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Sabrina work
·- A variety of applique work for quilts, table covers, ·etc.
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Sorrento work
·- Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Ital...
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Table work
·add. ·- Typesetting of tabular nmatter, or the type matter set in tabular form.
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Tut-work
·noun Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by ...
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church work
Said of any work that advances slowly.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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county work
Said of any work that advances slowly.
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gingerbread work
Gilding and carving: these terms are particularly applied by seamen on board Newcastle colliers, to ...
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horn work
Cuckold-making.
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outen-work
out-door work. North.
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pole-work
a long tedious business. North.
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breast-work
A sort of balustrade of rails, mouldings, or stanchions, which terminates the quarter-deck and poop ...
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carved work
The ornaments of a ship which are wrought by the carver.
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clincher-work
The disposition of the planks in the side of any boat or vessel, when the lower edge of every plank ...
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crown-work
In fortification, the largest definite form of outwork, having for its head two contiguous bastioned...
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day's work
In navigation, the reckoning or reduction of the ship's courses and distances made good during twent...
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dicker-work
The timbering of tide-harbours in the Channel. Wattling between piles.
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gingerbread work
Profusely carved decorations of a ship.
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horn-work
In fortification, a form of outwork having for its head a bastioned front, and for its sides two lon...
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iron-work
A general name for all pieces of iron, of whatever figure or size, which are used in the constructio...
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journey-work
Work performed by the day.
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paternoster-work
The framing of a chain-pump.
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quick-work
Generally signifies all that part of a ship which is under water when she is laden; it is also appli...
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rubble-work
A mass of masonry, formed of irregular stones and pebbles imbedded in mortar. It is used in the inte...
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tide's work
The amount of progress a ship has made during a favourable tide. Also, a period of necessary labour ...
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work, to
Said of a ship when she strains in a tempestuous sea, so as to loosen her joints.
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work aback
This is said of a steam-engine if reversed, to propel the vessel astern.
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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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woman of all work
Sometimes applied to a female servant, who refuses none of her master's commands.
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capital of a work
In fortification, an imaginary line bisecting its most prominent salient angle.
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cooking a day's work
To save the officer in charge. Reckoning too is cooked, as in a certain Antarctic discovery of land,...
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faces of a work
In fortification, are the two lines forming its most prominent salient angle.
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head of a work
In fortification, the part most advanced towards the enemy. In progressive works, such as siege-appr...
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work a ship, to
To adapt the sails to the force and direction of the wind.
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work double-tides, to
Implying that the work of three days is done in two, or at least two tides' work in twenty-four hour...
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working a day's work
Reducing the dead-reckoning and meridian altitudes to noon of each day.
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work up junk, to
To draw yarns from old cables, &c., and therewith to make foxes, points, gaskets, sinnet, or spun-ya...
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knock off work and carry deals
A term used to deride the idea of any work, however light, being relaxation; just as giving up takin...
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