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Pinch

To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers between teeth or claws or between the jaws of an … To press hard or squeeze between the ends of the fingers between teeth or claws or between the jaws of

chipboard

a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin

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Crush

To press or bruise between two hard bodies to squeeze so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts or to force … To press or bruise between two hard bodies to squeeze so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of

hardboard

a cheap hard material made from wood chips that are pressed together and bound with synthetic resin to form sheets used

Bois durci

A hard highly polishable composition made of fine sawdust from hard wood as rosewood mixed with blood and pressed

Innkeeper

(1909) 1 KB 209. but the liability of innkeepers at the Common Law having been found to press hardly upon them, the (English) Innkeepers Act, 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 41) [as to which see Spice … Anderton, (1909) 1 KB 209. but the liability of innkeepers at the Common Law having been found to press hardly upon them, the (English) Innkeepers Act, 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 41) [as to which see

Lithotypy

The art or process of making a kind of hard stereotype plate by pressing into a mold taken from a page of type or other matter a composition … The art or process of making a kind of hard stereotype plate by pressing into a mold taken from a page of type or other matter a composition of gum shellac and

Peine forte et dure

Peine forte et dure (the strong and hard pain) [peine (or penance), probably a corrupted abbreviation of prisone, 3 Bl. Com. 325], an old punishment by … Com. 325], an old punishment by which a prisoner, indicted for felony, if he refused to plead, was pressed by a heavy weight of iron till he died or answered, 2 Reeves, c. ix., 134; 4 Steph.

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