PPage 578
- English Word Pressor Definition Causing, or giving rise to, pressure or to an increase of pressure; as, pressor nerve fibers, stimulation of which excites the vasomotor center, thus causing a stronger contraction of the arteries and consequently an increase of the arterial blood pressure; -- opposed to depressor.
- English Word Presspack Definition To pack, or prepare for packing, by means of a press.
- English Word Presstriction Definition Obstruction, dimness, or defect of sight.
- English Word Pressurage Definition Pressure.
- English Word Pressurage Definition The juice of the grape extracted by the press; also, a fee paid for the use of a wine press.
- English Word Pressure Definition The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand.
- English Word Pressure Definition A contrasting force or impulse of any kind; as, the pressure of poverty; the pressure of taxes; the pressure of motives on the mind; the pressure of civilization.
- English Word Pressure Definition Affliction; distress; grievance.
- English Word Pressure Definition Urgency; as, the pressure of business.
- English Word Pressure Definition Impression; stamp; character impressed.
- English Word Pressure Definition The action of a force against some obstacle or opposing force; a force in the nature of a thrust, distributed over a surface, often estimated with reference to the upon a unit's area.
- English Word Presswork Definition The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
- English Word Prest Definition imp. & p. p. of Press.
- English Word Prest Definition Ready; prompt; prepared.
- English Word Prest Definition Neat; tidy; proper.
- English Word Prest Definition Ready money; a loan of money.
- English Word Prest Definition A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.
- English Word Prest Definition To give as a loan; to lend.
- English Word Prestable Definition Payable.
- English Word Prestation Definition A payment of money; a toll or duty; also, the rendering of a service.