Com‐pressed″ (?), a. 1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.
2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise.
Compressed-air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.