PRESSGANG
Press"gang`, n.
Defn: See Press gang, under Press.
PRESSING
Press"ing, a.
Defn: Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.
— Press"ing*ly, adv.
PRESSION
Pres"sion, n. Etym: [L. pressio: cf. F. pression. See 4th Press.]
1. The act of pressing; pressure. Sir I. Newton.
2. (Cartesian Philos.)
Defn: An endeavor to move.
PRESSIROSTER Pres`si*ros"ter, n. Etym: [L. presssus pressed (p. p. of premere) + rostrum beak: cf. F. pressirostre. See 4th Press.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.