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 Presser. To presse; to straine, squeeze, crowd, or thrust hard together; also, to vrge, inforce, constraine; be instant vpon, or earnest with; to importune, lay hard vnto; lie heauie on.  Presser de quelque chose. To accuse, appeale, or appeach of; to charge home with.  Trop presser fait le cheval restif: Prov. Too much vrging makes men desperate, or froward; extreame importuning makes mens friends their enemies.  Par trop presser l'anguille on la perd: Prov. Seeke Anguille. Pressier: m. The tree that bears the Peach called Presse. Pressif: m. iue: f. Pressiue; or as Pressant. Pressis: m. Cullisses, or strained meats.

Pressoir: m. A presse, or pressor (wherewith the iuyce of things is out-squeezed;) also, the great, and double ventricle made by Dura mater in the hinder part of the head.  De l'arbre d'un pressoir le manche d'un cernier: Prov. (Like our) from a mill-post to a pudding-pricke.

Pressoirage: m. A pressing; also, presse-wine, or wine that is by pressing wrung out of the grapes, alreadie wel drained by that which hath distilled from them; and therefore cut all together before such pressing, thereby to get from them the rest of their moisture.

Pressoiré: m. ée: f. Preßed, wrung, strained, squeezed out.

Pressoirée: f. A pressing, straining, squeezing out; or the liquor so pressed.

Pressoirer. To presse, wring, straine, extort, or squeeze out iuyce, or liquor.

Pressoireur: m. A pressor, strainer, squeezer of iuyce, or liquor, out of things.

Pressoirier: m. as Pressoireur. Pressoüoir: m. as Pressoir; also, a kind of frame wherwith, in France, they trie draught-horses before they buy them.

Pressurage: m. as Pressoirage; also, the fee thats due to th' owner, or giuen for th' vse, of a cōmon wine-presse.

Pressure: f. as Presure; also, a preßure, pressing, thrusting, or twindging in of.

Pressuré: m. ée: f. as Pressoiré; also, milked.

Pressurer. as Pressoirer; also, to milke a cow, &c.

Pressurier: m. A presser, or presse-man; one that works at a wine-presse.  Visage de pressuirier. A drunken; crimzon, or high-coloured, face.

Prest: m. A loane, or lending of money.

Prest: m. Preste: f. Prest, readie, full-dight, furnished, prepared, prouided; prompt, neere at hand; quick, nimble, fleet, wight.  Prest cōme vn chandelier. At hand quoth pickpurse.  Il n'est pas prest de sortir, iusques. (Threatningly) he is not like to come out, vntill.  Tel est housé qui n'est pas prest: Pro. Some, though they booted are, vnreadie are; Looke Housé. Viande d'ami est bien tost preste: Prov. A friends repast is in a trice prepared.

Prest. (Aduerbially) as Prestement. Prestable: com. Lendable, which may be lent.

Prestance: f. Worthinesse, noblenesse, excellencie, greatnesse; also, a presence, representation, or shew; whence;  Vn hōme de belle prestance. A comelie, or personable man; a man of a statelie, and gracefull behauiour.

Prestation: f. as Prest; a loane; also, a lending; and a paying, or yeelding of dueties, rents, or seruices.

Presté: m. ée: f. Lent; and thence, trusted, or let out to a day; also, yeelded, payed; giuen. Preste-charitez. A detractor, or backbiter.

Prestement. Promptly, readily, quickly, incontinently, soone, out of hand.

Prester. To lend; also, to trust out, or sell vnto dayes; also, to yeeld, affoord, or giue; also, to yeeld, or giue back, as pliant, or soft things.  Prester l'espaule à. To helpe, assist, succour, support.  Du temps qu'on se cachoit pour prester argent. In th' auncient, and harmelesse age, when people had more care of the borrowers credit then of their owne securitie.  Au prester Ange, au rendre Diable: Prov. Some when they would borrow adore, but when they shouldpay abhorre, a man; The like is;  Au prester cousin, au rendre fils de putain. Qui preste à l'ami perd au double: Prov. He that lends to his friend a double losse incurres.

Prestere. A tempest, or whirlewind.

Prestesse: f. Readinesse, promptnesse, diligence, quicknesse, nimblenesse.

Presteur: m. A lender; also, one that sells vpon trust.

Presteux: m. euse: f. Lending, putting out vnto loane.

Prestiges: f. Deceits, impostures, delusions, iugling or cousening tricks.

Prestigiateur: m. A Jugler, a cousening Inchaunter, a cheating Coniurer.

Prestitué: m. ée: f. Prescribed, limited, appointed vnto.

Prestolant: m. A Steward, or Ouerseer, a Bailife of the husbandrie, or ouer husbandmen; a Surueyor ouer a farme.

Prest-oreille. Attentiue, listening, or harkening, lending an eare vnto.

Prestraille: f. Bauld shauelings, paultrie Priests; or as; Prestraillerie. la p. Priests; or th' Order of Priesthood; or the whole packe of scuruie Priests.

Prestal: m. ale: f. Priestlie, Priest-like, of or belonging vnto Priests.

Prestre: m. A Priest.  Bonnet de prestre. Spindle-tree, Prick-wood, Prick-timber.  Coquille de prestre. Chickweed.  Couillon de prestre. See Couillon. Couronne de prestre. His shauen crowne; also, the hearbe Dandelion, Priests-crowne, Pissabed.  Apres Pasques, & Rogation, fi de prestre, & d'oignon: Prov. (Belike because in hot weather, which comes quickly after, they stinke both alike.)  Apres la poire le vin, ou le prestre: Prov. After a peare wine, or the Priest.  Bon gré mal gré va la prestre au Sené: Prov. as vnder Gré. Mestier n'avons d'hardi prestre: Prov. We haue no need of a couragious Priest; valour's a needlesse vertue in a Church-man.  Qui veut tenir nette maison il n'y faut prestre ny pigeon: Prov. For (we say) Priests, and Pigeons make foule houses.

Prestresse: f. A she Priest; also, a Priests leyman, wench, or whore.

Prestrise: f. Priesthood; th' Order, Office, or place of a Priest.

Prestrot: m. A little Priest; a Curate, vnder Priest, or Chauntrie Priest; also, a little bird that somewhat resembles a Linnet,

Presumé: m. ée: f. Presumed, thought, weened, supposed, imagined.

Presumer. To presume, or thinke too well, of himselfe, to