Vocabulary : Pressure to Prestidigitation
Pressure : Electro-motive force. ;; The act of pressing, or the condition of being pressed; compression; a squeezing; a crushing; as, a pressure of the hand. ;; 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. ;; Affliction; distress; grievance. ;; Urgency; as, the pressure of business. ;; Impression; stamp; character impressed. ;; 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.Pressure wires : Wires leading from various points of an electric system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.
Presswork : Work done on or by a press. ;; Act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; also, the product of such work. ;; Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure. ;; Pottery produced by pressing clay into molds. ;; The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
Prest : imp. & p. p. of Press. ;; Ready; prompt; prepared. ;; Neat; tidy; proper. ;; Ready money; a loan of money. ;; A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands. ;; To give as a loan; to lend.
Prestable : Payable.
