Definition of Presa

1. a musical symbol [n -SE]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Presa

prerinsing
preriot
prerock
prerogative
prerogative writ
prerogatived
prerogatively
prerogatives
prerolls
preromantic
prerotation
preround
prerupt
pres.
presa (current term)
presacral
presage
presaged
presageful
presagement
presager
presagers
presages
presageth
presaging
presagious
presale
presales
presanctified

Literary usage of Presa

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

1. Baccio Bandinelli and Art at the Medici Court: A Corpus of Early Modern Sources by Louis Alexander Waldman (2004)
"... Una presa in 3 campi in della villa, luogo delto Castello, da primo fosso, 2 Ceppo Vechio, 3 via Nova, 4 Filippo Ma[n]cini, 4 beni de' Frati della Sacca ..."

2. The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to by Henry Hallam (1876)
"... first political combatants with the weapons of the presa whom the world has ever known. Bolingbroke's influence was of course greater in England: and, ..."

3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1856)
"... obtain the engraved plate, from which proofs may be taken by the ordinary typographic presa. OBSERVATIONS ON THE MEANS OF INCREASING THE QUANTITY OF ..."

4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... and in modern times the Ducal presa founded by Emanuel Philibert has acquired a great reputation. The population of the town was 9637 in 1871, ..."

5. A Subject Index of the Modern Works Added to the Library of the British ...by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Knottesford Fortescue by British Museum Dept. of Printed Books, George Knottesford Fortescue (1891)
"... (CR) Issues of the printing presa in Pennsyl. 1685-1784. Phila. 1885, etc. 4«. 11905. bb. 27. HOLCOMB (WP) Pennsylvania Boroughs, pp. 51. ..."

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