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noun

Presswork, Press work n.

The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.

Work done on or by a press.

(Metal Work) Act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; also, the product of such work.

(Cabinetmaking) Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure.

Pottery produced by pressing clay into molds.

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Etymology of 'Presswork'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Presswork" Quotes from Famous Books

... emanated, Leaves of Grass bears a unique story margined on its pages. The sprawling types whose muddy imprint on the ill-proportioned pages made up the uncouth first edition of the book, were put together by the author's hands, and the sorry press work was his handiwork as well. The unusual preface and the twelve poems that followed he wrote in the open, while lounging on the wharves, while crossing on ferry-boats, while loitering in the fields, while sitting on the tops of omnibuses. His physical materials were the stubs of pencils, the ...

— Walt Whitman Yesterday and Today • Henry Eduard Legler