Pressing

King James Dictionary

Press'Ing, ppr. Urging with force or weight squeezing constraining crowding embracing distressing forcing into service rolling in a press.

1. a. Urgent distressing.

Press'Ing, n. The act or operation of applying force to bodies. The pressing of cloth is performed by means of the screw, or by a calendar.

Webster's Dictionary

(1): ( a.) Urgent; exacting; importunate; as, a pressing necessity.

(2): ( p. pr. & vb. n.) of Press