See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

PRESS (through Fr. presse from See also:

• LAT

Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)  , a word which appears in See also:

• ENGLISH

English in the 13th and 14th centuries with three particular ' The See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style "See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president " was in every See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case exchanged for that of " See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor " within a few years of the See also:

• PROCLAMATION (Lat. proclamare, to make public by announcement)

proclamation of the See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence of the See also:

• UNITED

United States . The See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title " president " is no longer used for any governor under the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• CROWN

Crown, but See also:

• RELICS (Lat, reliquiae, the equivalent of the English " remains " in the sense of a dead body)

relics of past usage survive in the " presidencies " of See also:

• MADRAS

Madras and Bombay . meanings, viz . (r) See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd or throng, often used of the melee in a See also:

• BATTLE

battle, (2) a shelved See also:

• CUPBOARD

cupboard for books or clothes, and (3) an apparatus for exerting pressure on various substances, and for various purposes . The first meaning is still current, though usually it has a See also:

• LITERARY

literary See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air; a specific use is the nautical one of " See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press of See also:

• SAIL

sail," i.e. as much sail as the See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind will allow; cf. the similar use of " crowd." The second use has given way to other words, but is still the technical See also:

• TERM

term in use in See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries, where the books See also:

• BEAR
• BEAR, BLACK
• BEAR, BROWN
• BEAR, GRIZZLY
• BEAR, ISABELLINE
• BEAR, WHITE

bear " press-marks " specifying the case or shelf where they may be found . As a term for a See also:

• MACHINE
• MACHINE (through Fr. from Lat. form machina of Gr. µnxavil)

machine or apparatus for exerting pressure, there are innumerable examples, usually with a qualifying word giving the purpose for which the pressure is applied, either for attaining See also:

• COMPRESSION

compression into a small space, or a required shape, or for extracting juices or liquids, or the methods adopted for exerting the pressure . The See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing-press has given rise to obvious transferred uses of the word " press ": thus it is applied to an See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment for printing, e.g. the See also:

• CLARENDON, CONSTITUTIONS OF
• CLARENDON, EDWARD HYDE, 1ST EARL OF (1609-1674)
• CLARENDON, GEORGE WILLIAM FREDERICK VILLIERS, 4TH EARL OF (in the Villiers line) (1800-r87o)
• CLARENDON, HENRY HYDE

Clarendon Press, at See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford, or the See also:

• PITT, THOMAS (1653-1726)
• PITT, WILLIAM (1759-1806)

Pitt Press, at See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, to a printing-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house and to the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff which conduct the business, to the issue of printed See also:

• MATTER

matter and especially to its daily or periodical issue, hence See also:

• NEWSPAPERS

newspapers and See also:

• PERIODICALS

periodicals generally . According to the New English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary this use originated in phrases such as " the See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty of the press," " to write for the press," &c . The earliest See also:

• QUOTATION

quotation given is from the first number of the See also:

• DUBLIN

Dublin Press, 1797 . For the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the liberty or freedom of the press see PRESS See also:

• LAWS

LAWS; also NEWSPAPERS and PERIODICALS . For the See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment of "pressing " see See also:

• PEINE

PEINE FORTE ET DURE . It is now recognized that " press " in " press gang," " to press," i.e. to force or compulsorily enlist men for See also:

• NAVAL

naval or military service, is a word distinct from the above .

It stands for the earlier " prest," and is ultimately due to See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French prefer, to lend (see See also:

• IMPRESSMENT

IMPRESSMENT) .