To peaceful peasant to the wars is pressed. Dryden.

I have misused the king's press. Shak.

Press gang, or Pressgang, a detachment of seamen under the command of an officer empowered to force men into the naval service. See Impress gang, under Impress. -- Press money, money paid to a man enlisted into public service. See Prest money, under Prest, a.

Good measure, pressed down, and shaken together. Luke vi. 38.

From sweet kernels pressed,
She tempers dulcet creams. Milton.

And I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. Gen. xl. 11.

Leucothoe shook at these alarms,
And pressed Palemon closer in her arms. Pope.

Press not a falling man too far. Shak.

Paul was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews that Jesus was Christ. Acts xviii. 5.

He pressed a letter upon me within this hour. Dryden.

Be sure to press upon him every motive. Addison.

The posts . . . went cut, being hastened and pressed on, by the king's commandment. Esther viii. 14.

* Press differs from drive and strike in usually denoting a slow or continued application of force; whereas drive and strike denote a sudden impulse of force.

Pressed brick. See under Brick.

They pressed upon him for to touch him. Mark iii. 10.

* Presses are differently constructed for various purposes in the arts, their specific uses being commonly designated; as, a cotton press, a wine press, a cider press, a copying press, etc. See Drill press.

In their throng and press to that last hold. Shak.

They could not come nigh unto him for the press. Mark ii. 4.

Cylinder press, a printing press in which the impression is produced by a revolving cylinder under which the form passes; also, one in which the form of type or plates is curved around a cylinder, instead of resting on a flat bed. -- Hydrostatic press. See under Hydrostatic. -- Liberty of the press, the free right of publishing books, pamphlets, or papers, without previous restraint or censorship, subject only to punishment for libelous, seditious, or morally pernicious matters. -- Press bed, a bed that may be folded, and inclosed, in a press or closet. Boswell. -- Press of sail, (Naut.), as much sail as the state of the wind will permit.