Webster's Dictionary 1913

7777

Pressman

Press″man (?), n.; pl.Pressmen (�). 1. One who manages, or attends to, a press, esp. a printing press.2. One who presses clothes; as, a tailor's pressman.

7778

Pressman (2)

Press″man, n. [See 2d Press.] One of a press gang, who aids in forcing men into the naval service; also, one forced into the service.

7779

Pressor

Press″or (?), a.(Physiol.) Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus ...

7780

Presspack

Press″pack′ (?), v. t. To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.

7781

Pressurage

Pres″sur‐age (?), n. 1. Pressure.2. The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.

7782

Pressure

Pres″sure (?; 138), n. [OF., fr. L. pressura, fr. premere. See 4th Press.] 1. The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a...

7783

Pressure (2)

Pres″sure (?), n. Electro-motive force.

7784

Pressure wires

Pressure wires. (Elec.) Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.

7785

Presswork

Press″work′ (?), n. The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done. MacKellar.

7786

Presswork (2)

Press″work′ (?), n. 1. Work done on or by a press.2. (Metal Work) Act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; also, the product of such work.3. (Cabinetmaking) W...

7787

Prest

Prest (prĕst), imp. & p. p. of Press.

7788

Prest (2)

Prest, a. [OF. prest, F. prêt, fr. L. praestus ready. Cf. Presto.] 1. Ready; prompt; prepared.All prest to such battle he was. R. of Gloucester.2. Neat; tidy; proper. Tusser.Pre...

7789

Prest (3)

Prest, n. [OF. prest, F. prêt, fr. OF. prester to lend, F. prêter, fr. L. praestare to stand before, to become surety for, to fulfill, offer, supply; prae before + stare to stan...

7790

Prest (4)

Prest, v. t. To give as a loan; to lend.Sums of money... prested out in loan. E. Hall.

7791

Prestable

Prest″a‐ble (?), a. Payable.

7792

Prestation

Pres‐ta″tion (?), n. [L. praestatio a performing, paying, fr. praestare: cf. F. prestation.] (O. Eng. Law) A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service. ...

7793

Prester

Pres″ter (?), n. 1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.2. pl. One of the veins of the n...

7794

Prester (2)

Pres″ter, n. [OF. prestre. See Priest.] A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John.

7795

Presternum

Pre‐ster″num (?), n.(Anat.) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium. — Pre‐ster″nal (#), a.

7796

Prestidigital

Pres′ti‐dig″i‐tal (?), a. Nimble-fingered; having fingers fit for prestidigitation, or juggling. “His prestidigital hand.” Charles Reade.

7797

Prestidigitation

Pres′ti‐dig′i‐ta″tion (?), n. Legerdemain; sleight of hand; juggling.

7798

Prestidigitator

Pres′ti‐dig″i‐ta′tor (?), n. [L. praesto ready + digitus finger: cf. F. prestidigitateur.] One skilled in legerdemain or sleight of hand; a juggler.

7799

Prestige

Pres″tige (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. praestigum delusion, illusion, praestigae deceptions, jugglers' tricks, prob. fr. prae before + the root of stinguere to extinguish, originall...

7800

Prestigiation

Pres‐tig′i‐a″tion (?), n. [L. praestigiare to deceive by juggling tricks, fr. praestigae. See Prestige.] Legerdemain; prestidigitation.

7801

Prestigiator

Pres‐tig″i‐a′tor (?), n. [L. praestigiator.] A juggler; prestidigitator. Dr. H. More.

7802

Prestigiatory

Pres‐tig″i‐a‐to‐ry (?), a. Consisting of impostures; juggling. Barrow.

7803

Prestigious

Pres‐tig″i‐ous (?), a. [L. praestigiosus.] Practicing tricks; juggling. Cotton Mather.