(printing, historical) The last proof for correction before sending to press. / (printing, historical) A proof taken on a press, especially to show impression, margins, colour, etc.

plural of press proof

A cake of compressed material, such as the cake resulting from compressing the meal powder in making gunpowder; the pressed product at various stages of coal tar manufacture; or the vegetable residue after the sugar has been expressed in beet-sugar manufacture.

plural of press revise

(printing, historical) A proof for final revision.

plural of pressure wire

(electrical) Any of a set of wires leading from various points of an electrical system to a central station, where a voltmeter indicates the potential of the system at those points.

(US politics, colloquial) Money paid to voting precinct leaders for get out the vote efforts, sometimes corruptly.

plural of pressure point

(wrestling) A splash; a move where the wrestler jumps forward from a raised platform such as the top turnbuckle, landing stomach first across an opponent lying on the ground below.