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ˈpress-work
[f. press n.1 + work n.]
1. The work and management of a printing-press; the printing off on paper, etc. of what has been ‘composed’ or set up in type; the result of this, the work turned out from a press, esp. from the point of view of its quality.
1771Luckombe Hist. Print. 47 His excellent method of disposition, composition, and press-work. Ibid. 52 His first works..resemble the press-work of Worde and Pinson. 1832Babbage Econ. Manuf. xxi. (ed. 3) 208 The press-work, or printing off, is charged at a price agreed upon for each two hundred and fifty sheets. 1867Brande & Cox Dict. Sc., etc. s.v., By fine presswork is meant work printed with the best paper and ink, and with the utmost care at a hand press. 1896T. L. De Vinne Moxon's Mech. Exerc., Printing 412 The new method has..cheapened common presswork.., but it has not bettered the presswork of books.
2. Literary work done for the press; journalistic work.
1888Barrie When a Man's Single v, His first press-work had been a series of letters he had written when at school, and contributed to a local paper.
3. a. Pottery. The making of ware by pressing the clay into moulds.
1839Ure Dict. Arts 1012 A great variety of pottery wares..are made by two different methods, the one called press-work, and the other casting. The press-work is done in moulds made of Paris plaster... All vessels of an oval form, and such as have flat sides, are made in this way.
b. The pressing or drawing of metal into a shaped hollow die; a piece of metal shaped by such means.
1896O. Smith Press-Working of Metals i. 14 In press-work the metal is sometimes heated as in forging, but in the great majority of cases it is handled cold. 1903Engineering 16 Jan. p. v (Index), Press work for sheet metal. 1904Ibid. 22 Jan. 132/3 We illustrate below a very remarkable specimen of ‘press’ work... The barrel shown..has been drawn out of a steel-plate 1/24th of an inch in thickness. 1941C. W. Hinman Pressworking of Metals i. 1 Today, it is a wonder how the past generation ever produced any satisfactory presswork. 1963Bird & Hutton-Stott Veteran Motor Car 82 This was a most remarkable piece of presswork and comprised a complete chassis..of deep-section side girders, upswept over the rear axle.
4. Joinery. (See quot.)
1875Knight Dict. Mech., Press-work.., cabinet work of a number of successive veneers crossing grain, and united by glue, heat, and pressure.
Hence as v. trans., to shape (metal) in this way; usu. as pres. pple.; so ˈpress-working vbl. n.
1896O. Smith (title) Press-working of metals. Ibid. v. 120 It is taken for granted that the materials employed for press-working..must be to some considerable degree in a malleable or ductile physical condition. 1941C. W. Hinman Pressworking of Metals vi. 62 (heading) Press-working nonmetallic materials. 1949Tool Engineers Handbk. (Amer. Soc. Tool Engineers) lxxiii. 1058 Heated dies are used in the pressworking of brass and magnesium. 1958Eary & Reed (title) Techniques of pressworking sheet metal. |