Press, subst. 1) crowd, throng: Lucr. 1301. Lucr. 1301 Joh V, 7, 19 (== thronging). H8 IV, 1, 78. V, 4, 88. Caes. I, 2, 15. Cymb. II, 4, 72.
2) the machine for printing books: βhe cares not what he puts into the p.β Wiv. II, 1, 80 (quibble between printing and squeezing).
3) a closet for the safe-keeping of clothes or other things: Wiv. III, 3, 226. IV, 2, 62.
4) a commission to force men into military service: βI have misused the king's p. damnably,β H4A IV, 2, 13.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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