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a.
Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation.
n.
The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
n.
One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.
n.
One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.
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of Pressman
a.
Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor.
n.
One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.
n.
The act of pressing; pressure.
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Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.
n.
The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
v. t.
To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.
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Pressure.
n.
One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.
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The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
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Fig.: Urgent; intense; as, a high-pressure business or social life.
n.
A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
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Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.
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Having or involving a pressure greatly exceeding that of the atmosphere; -- said of steam, air, water, etc., and of steam, air, or hydraulic engines, water wheels, etc.
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Having, employing, or exerting, a low degree of pressure.
n.
Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
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