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Cypresses
Cypress Cy"press (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. Cypresses (-?z). [OE. cipres, cipresse, OF. cipres, F. cypr?s, L. cupressus, cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus), fr. Gr. ????, perh. of Semitic origin; cf. Heb. g?pher, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot) A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability. Note: Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, the evergreen American cypress, C. thyoides (now called Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea), and the deciduous American cypress, Taxodium distichum. As having anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs, the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and sadness. Cypress vine (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white flowers (Ipot[oe]a Quamoclit, formerly Quamoclit vulgaris).
Impresses
Impress Im"press, n.; pl. Impresses. 1. The act of impressing or making. 2. A mark made by pressure; an indentation; imprint; the image or figure of anything, formed by pressure or as if by pressure; result produced by pressure or influence. The impresses of the insides of these shells. --Woodward. This weak impress of love is as a figure Trenched in ice. --Shak. 3. Characteristic; mark of distinction; stamp. --South. 4. A device. See Impresa. --Cussans. To describe . . . emblazoned shields, Impresses quaint. --Milton. 5. [See Imprest, Press to force into service.] The act of impressing, or taking by force for the public service; compulsion to serve; also, that which is impressed. Why such impress of shipwrights? --Shak. Impress gang, a party of men, with an officer, employed to impress seamen for ships of war; a press gang. Impress money, a sum of money paid, immediately upon their entering service, to men who have been impressed.

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- Look up press in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Press may refer to: Publisher News media Printing press, commonly called "the press" Press TV, an Iranian...
- In the United Kingdom, the privileged presses are Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press. They are called this because, under letters patent...
- Printing Typography Printing presses: Adana Printing Presses Albion press Columbian Printing Press Flexography Vertical print press Other inventions: Color...
- function: forging presses, stamping presses, press brakes, punch press, etc. their structure, e.g. Knuckle-joint press, **** press, Expeller press their controllability:...
- Oxford, and Secretary to the Delegates was determined to install printing presses in 1668, making it the university's first central print shop. In 1674,...
- WordPress (WP, or WordPress.org) is a web content management system. It was originally created as a tool to publish blogs but has evolved to support publishing...
- dependence and domestic monopoly: The European news cartel and US ****ociated presses, 1861–1932." Media History 12.1 (2006): 19–35. Renaud, Jean-Luc. "US government...
- Cambridgeshire, England Search for "free press" , "free presses", "freepress", or "freepresses" on Wikipedia. Freedom Press, an anarchist publishing house in...
- the Presses may refer to: Stop the presses, or stop press, an idiomatic exclamation when significant information is discovered "Stop the Presses (BoJack...
- world record Paralympic bench press world records NFL Scouting Combine bench press records "Julius Maddox Bench Presses 355 Kilograms Raw For New All-Time...