Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In sheetmetal work, a power-machine for making hollow ware, as pans, bowls, kitchen-utensils, etc.
- noun A small hand-press or seal-press used by public officials and others for impressing stamps upon or affixing them to documents, either in obedience to legal requirement or as a matter of convenience or custom. Compare
seal-press . - noun Same as
blocking-press . See alsoarmingpress .
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Examples
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In the morning light each left one was as firm and bold as something produced by a stamping-press.
Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008
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And in like manner our nature has gone through the stamping-press again, and another likeness has been deeply imprinted upon it.
Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke Alexander Maclaren 1868
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