Webster's Dictionary 1913

7750

Presiding

Pre‐sid″ing (?), a. & n. from Preside.Presiding elder. See under 2d Elder.

7751

Presidio

‖Pre‐si″di‐o (?), n. A place of defense; a fortress; a garrison; a fortress; a garrison or guardhouse.

7752

Presignification

Pre‐sig′ni‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [�. praesignificatio. See Presignify.] The act of signifying or showing beforehand.

7753

Presignify

Pre‐sig″ni‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Presignified (?); imp. & p. p.Presignifying.] [L. praesignificare; prae before + significare to signify.] To intimate or signify beforehand...

7754

Presphenoid

Pre‐sphe″noid (?), a.(Anat.) Situated in front of the sphenoid bone; of or pertaining to the anterior part of the sphenoid bone (i.e., the presphenoid bone).Presphenoid bone(Ana...

7755

Presphenoid (2)

Pre‐sphe″noid, n.(Anat.) The presphenoid bone.

7756

Presphenoidal

Pre′sphe‐noid″al (?), a.(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the presphenoid bone; presphenoid.

7757

Prespinal

Pre‐spi″nal (?), a.(Anat.) Prevertebral.

7758

Press

Press (?), n.(Zoöl.) An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to maroon and...

7759

Press (2)

Press, v. t. [Corrupt. fr. prest ready money advanced, a loan; hence, earnest money given soldiers on entering service. See Prest, n.] To force into service, particularly into n...

7760

Press (3)

Press, n. [For prest, confused with press.] A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.I have misused the king's press. Shak.Press gang, orPressga...

7761

Press (4)

Press, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Pressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Pressing.] [F. presser, fr. L. pressare to press, fr. premere, pressum, to press. Cf. Print, v.] 1. To urge, or act upon, w...

7762

Press (5)

Press, v. i. 1. To exert pressure; to bear heavily; to push, crowd, or urge with steady force.2. To move on with urging and crowding; to make one's way with violence or effort; ...

7763

Press (6)

Press, n. [F. presse. See 4th Press.] 1. An apparatus or machine by which any substance or body is pressed, squeezed, stamped, or shaped, or by which an impression of a body is ...

7764

Press cake

Press cake. A cake of compressed substance, as: in gunpowder manufacture, the cake resulting from compressing the meal powder; in the treatment of coal tar, the pressed product ...

7765

Press proof

Press proof. (Print.) (a) The last proof for correction before sending to press. (b) A proof taken on a press, esp. to show impression, margins, color, etc.

7766

Press revise

Press revise. (Print.) A proof for final revision.

7767

Pressboard

Press″board′ (?), n. A kind of highly sized rag paper or board, sometimes containing a small admixture of wood pulp; — so called because used originally, as now, in presses for ...

7768

Presser

Press″er (?), n. One who, or that which, presses.Presser bar, orPresser wheel(Knitting machine), a bar or wheel which closes the barbs of the needles to enable the loops of the ...

7769

Pressgang

Press″gang′ (?), n. See Press gang, under Press.

7770

Pressing

Press″ing, a. Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity. — Press″ing‐ly, adv.

7771

Pression

Pres″sion (?), n. [L. pressio: cf. F. pression. See 4th Press.] 1. The act of pressing; pressure. Sir I. Newton.2. (Cartesian Philos.) An endeavor to move.

7772

Pressiroster

Pres′si‐ros″ter (?), n. [L. presssus pressed (p. p. of premere) + rostrum beak: cf. F. pressirostre. See 4th Press.] (Zoöl.) One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) inclu...

7773

Pressirostral

Pres′si‐ros″tral (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the pressirosters.

7774

Pressitant

Pres″si‐tant (?), a. [See 4th Press.] Gravitating; heavy. Dr. H. More.

7775

Pressive

Pres″sive (?), a. Pressing; urgent; also, oppressive; as, pressive taxation. Bp. Hall.

7776

Pressly

Press″ly (?), adv. Closely; concisely.