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▪ I. pressed, ppl. a.1|prɛst|
Also † prest.
[f. press v.1 + -ed1.]
1. Subjected to pressure; forced or squeezed into a smaller volume or denser consistence than the ordinary. Often qualifying articles in the preparation of which pressure is specially used, as pressed beef, pressed brick, pressed fuel, pressed glass, etc. Also with adv. as hard-pressed, hot-pressed, etc.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 81 Froo a draghte of wyn to þe quantyte of oon pressyd grape. 1594T. B. La Primaud. Fr. Acad. ii. 399 Out of pressed milk and cruds as it were. 1594Lyly Moth. Bomb. iii. iv, Three damaske prunes in veluet caps and prest satten gownes. 1781Crabbe Library 147 The close-prest leaves, unclosed for many an age. 1850E. Dobson Rudimentary Treat. Manuf. Bricks & Tiles i. iii. 83 Pressed bricks..are prepared by putting the raw bricks one at a time, when nearly dry, into a metal mould, in which they are forcibly compressed by the action of a powerful lever which forces up the piston forming the bottom of the mould. This gives a very beautiful face to the brick. 1869Our Young Folks V. 86 We are making pressed glass nowadays that is almost as clear and beautiful as blown. 1887Pall Mall G. 22 July 6/2 Extensive purchases of pressed hay have been effected in Holland. 1891E. Kinglake Australian at H. 95 The hard pressed artist is obliged to cut down his price. 1894Daily News 5 June 7/5 The best British pressed glass tumblers..are made in the North. 1895Army & Navy Co-op Soc. Price List 111/2 Pressed veal & ham (Blanchflower's). 1896Daily News 30 Jan. 3/1 A..building erected in pressed Leicester facing bricks of dark red. 1912J. Armstrong Motor 266, I expect to see the clutch and flywheel as pressed parts in the near future, while pressed-steel pistons and connecting-rods are most likely to become common. 1926F. Hurst Appassionata i. 10 Two empty pressed-glass perfume-bottles that had stood equidistant on that dressing-table ever since you could remember. 1935H. C. Bryson Gramophone Record ix. 212 As soon as the press is opened, the steam commences to circulate in the dies, so that the operator has to remove the pressed record speedily or it will adhere to the rapidly-warming die. 1955Sci. Amer. Jan. 68/1 One result of these studies has been the discovery of two new kinds of magnetic materials, the ferrites and the pressed-powder magnets. 1955Railway Mag. June 388/2 The floor..is built up of 15/16 in. thick boards..bolted to dove-tailed galvanised steel sheeting carried on pressed-steel floor members. 1968Radio Times 28 Nov. 20/1 The week's ‘Newly Pressed’ pop records. 1976Country Life 1 Apr. 814/1 Apart from the addition of a ‘bib’ spoiler, the Mexico has the normal pressed-steel front of the rest of the range.
2. U.S. slang. Well dressed.
1970H. E. Roberts Third Ear 11/1 Pressed, to be very well dressed. 1972T. Kochman Rappin' & Stylin' Out 165 Being well dressed is..expressed kinetically (‘pressed’), and..the term refers to a favoured norm.
▪ II. pressed, † prest, ppl. a.2
[f. press v.2 + -ed1.]
†1. Hired, engaged (with earnest-money). Obs.
1650Fuller Pisgah ii. ii. Gad §16. 79 Ahimaaz..being a messenger volunteer, would confess..no more news then what he knew would be welcome, whilest Cushi a prest Post must relate the full of his message.
2. Forced to enlist in, or seized for use in, the royal or public service.
1589Late Voy. Sp. & Port. (1881) 51 Our slovenly prest men, whome the Iustices..have sent us out as the scumme and dregges of their Countrey. 1652J. Collinges Caveat for Prof. (1653) A iij b, They were all prest men, that ran away presently. 1705Ld. Seymour in Hearne Collect. 31 Oct. (O.H.S.) I. 62, 100 Voluntiers are better than 200 press'd men. 1748Anson's Voy. i. iii. 31 The Spaniards were sensible of the disaffection of their prest hands. 1878Stubbs Const. Hist. III. xviii. 88 A great part of the naval service was still conducted by pressed ships. |