† pressfuln.

Forms: see press n.¹ and -ful suffix

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: press n.¹, -ful suffix.

Etymology: < press n.¹ + -ful suffix.

Obsolete.

The amount that a press will hold.

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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a piece of furniture

bedful1638

pewful1641

tableful1647

pressful1698

shelf-ful1876

deskful1877

1698 in J. Houghton Coll. for Improvem. Husbandry & Trade (1727) II. 418 It is..folded and laid by in heaps, and when there is a press full, it is pressed again.

1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire II. 348 The judicious manager of this cider, grinds only one pressful (affording perhaps not quite an hogshead of liquor) a day.

1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters iii. 49 He possessed a whole pressful of tattered, hard-working volumes.

1898 Engin. Mag. 16 128/1 The charge for a press-full is disposed between crates in thin layers, 16 in number.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

单词	pressful
释义	† pressfuln. Forms: see press n.¹ and -ful suffix Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: press n.¹, -ful suffix. Etymology: < press n.¹ + -ful suffix. Obsolete. The amount that a press will hold. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a piece of furniture bedful1638 pewful1641 tableful1647 pressful1698 shelf-ful1876 deskful1877 1698 in J. Houghton Coll. for Improvem. Husbandry & Trade (1727) II. 418 It is..folded and laid by in heaps, and when there is a press full, it is pressed again. 1789 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Glocestershire II. 348 The judicious manager of this cider, grinds only one pressful (affording perhaps not quite an hogshead of liquor) a day. 1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters iii. 49 He possessed a whole pressful of tattered, hard-working volumes. 1898 Engin. Mag. 16 128/1 The charge for a press-full is disposed between crates in thin layers, 16 in number. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1698
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