Pressure: alternatives and connections

A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

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Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.

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To impel or urge onward by force in a direction away from one, or along before one; to push forward; to compel to move on; to communicate motion to;…

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Alt. of Railway

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To impress with terror; to coerce by intimidation.

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To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

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Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.

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To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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A flowing in or upon; influx.

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To bring or place under obligation, moral or legal; to hold by a constraining motive.

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To attach, as by a bond.

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A pustule; a pimple.

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of Push

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The quality or condition of being urgent; insistence; pressure; as, the urgency of a demand or an occasion.

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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of Compress

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The act of compressing, or state of being compressed.

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The anterior or superior part of an animal, containing the brain, or chief ganglia of the nervous system, the mouth, and in the higher animals, the c…

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The act of impressing, or the state of being impressed; the communication of a stamp, mold, style, or character, by external force or by influence.

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Excessive pressure or urging.

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The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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exert pressure on someone through threats

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A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men who were allied…

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To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb.

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To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body.

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The quality of insisting, or being urgent or pressing; the act of dwelling upon as of special importance; persistence; urgency.

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An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

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of Press

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To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

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