Definition of Pressfuls

1. pressful [n] - See also: pressful

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pressfuls

pressback
pressbacks
pressboard
pressboards
pressbox
pressed
pressed for time
presser
presser foot
pressers
presses
presseth
pressfat
pressfats
pressful
pressfuls (current term)
pressgang
pressgangs
pressie
pressies
pressing
pressingly
pressings
pressiometer
pression
pressions
pressirostral
pressitant
pressive
presskit

Literary usage of Pressfuls

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the ... Annual Meeting by County Surveyors' Institute (Ohio)., Ohio Society of Professional Engineers (1896)
"To explain this statement it is only necessary to say that at Alliance there were pressed during the year 268 pressfuls of sludge, ..."

2. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1906)
"... to select fairly representative cakes and pressfuls. Condensing Water. — The amount passed through the condensers daily should be calculated from the ..."

3. The School of Mines Quarterly by Columbia University School of Chemistry (1906)
"Great care should be taken to select fairly representative cakes and pressfuls. Condensing Water. —The amount passed through the condensers daily should be ..."

4. Gold Mining and Milling in Western Australia, with Notes Upon Telluride by Arthur George Charleton (1903)
"Between 55 and 65 pressfuls can be treated in 24 hours The gold-bearing liquor from the presses is finally pumped * Described by HO ..."

5. Annual Report by Dept. of Geology and Natural Resources, Indiana (1905)
"... seven pressfuls a day being used, each averaging 2700 pounds of washed clay. This is tempered in a pug mill and then goes to the ..."

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