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press1 1. any machine that exerts pressure to form, shape, or cut materials or to extract liquids, compress solids, or hold components together while an adhesive joint is formed 2. Weightlifting a lift in which the weight is raised to shoulder level and then above the head press2 recruitment into military service by forcible measures, as by a press gang press [pres] (mechanical engineering) Any of various machines by which pressure is applied to a workpiece, by which a material is cut or shaped under pressure, by which a substance is compressed, or by which liquid is expressed. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Why, for instance, should it be said that the liberty of the press shall not be restrained, when no power is given by which restrictions may be imposed? Were you a member of the Women's Press Association? Schools may be erected, East, West, North, and South; pupils be taught, and masters reared, by scores upon scores of thousands; colleges may thrive, churches may be crammed, temperance may be diffused, and advancing knowledge in all other forms walk through the land with giant strides: but while the newspaper press of America is in, or near, its present abject state, high moral improvement in that country is hopeless. |
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