hot pressingn.
/ˌhɒt ˈprɛsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌhɑt ˈprɛsɪŋ/ Chiefly Manufacturing Technology.
The action or process of applying heat and pressure simultaneously to cloth, paper, plywood, powder, or other material. Occasionally figurative.
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1662 F. Philipps Restauranda 93 The Shearing, Tentering, hot Pressing, and false Dying of our English Clothes.
1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi i. v. 21 For the poor Non-Conformists, by their hot pressing of those Indifferencies..utterly subverting the Faith in the important Points.
1725 D. Defoe Compl. Eng. Tradesman I. xviii. 301 Every false gloss put upon our woollen manufactures, by hot-pressing, folding, dressing [etc.].
1880 Scribner's Monthly May 38/2 Under this calendering, as cold-rolling is called, paper was made almost as smooth as by hot pressing.
1909 J. M. Matthews Lab. Man. Dyeing & Textile Chem. 307 The only important requirement is sufficient fastness to light, water, rubbing, and hot pressing.
1921 Science 18 Nov. 500/1 Hot pressing and forging in brass.
1938 H. I. Lewenz tr. K. Brandenburger Processes & Machinery Plastics Industry i. 5 Constant improvements..have taken place in the production of paste for hot pressing.
1957 Times 23 Dec. 11/2 A decision was taken to introduce hot-pressing in the veneer mills.
2002 Analyt. & Bioanalyt. Chem. 374 597/1 Methods such as sintering or hot-pressing have proven to be a powerful tool for the production of industrial parts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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