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▪ I. pressable, a.1 rare.|ˈprɛsəb(ə)l|
[f. press v.1 + -able. Also in form pressible.]
That may be pressed: in various senses of the verb.
a1652Brome Eng. Moor iii. iii, Of all ages that are pressable, From sixteen unto sixty. 1667Waterhouse Fire Lond. 156 Which,..I think..is pressable upon rich exempted persons now.
▪ II. ˈpressable, a.2 rare.
[f. press v.2 + -able.]
Liable to be pressed or taken by a press-gang.
1833M. Scott Tom Cringle ii. (1859) 37 Pick up all the information you can regarding the haunts of the pressable men at Cove. |