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Press, n. A commission to force men into public service, particularly into the navy.
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.
Press·gang n. See Press gang, under Press.
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Im·press n.; pl. Impresses
1. The act of impressing or making.
2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence.
The impresses of the insides of these shells. --Woodward.
This weak impress of love is as a figure
Trenched in ice. --Shak.
3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp.
4. A device. See Impresa.
To describe . . . emblazoned shields,
Impresses quaint. --Milton.
5. The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed.
Why such impress of shipwrights? --Shak.
Impress gang, a party of men, with an officer, employed to impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang.
Impress money, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been impressed.
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press gang
n : a detachment empowered to force civilians to serve in the
army or navy