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noun

Prest n.

Ready money; a loan of money. (Obs.) "Requiring of the city a prest of six thousand marks."

(Law) A duty in money formerly paid by the sheriff on his account in the exchequer, or for money left or remaining in his hands.

verb

Prest v. t. To give as a loan; to lend. (Obs.) "Sums of money... prested out in loan."

Prest v. Imp. & p. p. of Press.

adjective

Prest adj.

Ready; prompt; prepared. (Obs.) "All prest to such battle he was."

Neat; tidy; proper. (Obs.)

Prest money, money formerly paid to men when they enlisted into the British service; so called because it bound those that received it to be ready for service when called upon.

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... not a source of unmixed joy to Laudonniere. His factious followers had sent home calumnious reports about him, and Ribault brought out orders to send him home to stand his trial. Ribault himself seems to have been easily persuaded of the falsity of the charges, and prest Laudonniere to keep his command; but he, broken in spirit and sick in body, declined to ...

— Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II - The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562--1733 • Various

... stern and high, Stood frowning 'gainst the earth and sky, And never bowed his haughty crest When angry storms around him prest. Morn, springing from the arms of night, Had often bathed his ...

— Poems • Frances E. W. Harper

... of a Form that stood behind, and on his shoulders prest Both hands to stay his rising up, and Somewhat ...

— The Complete Works of Whittier - The Standard Library Edition with a linked Index • John Greenleaf Whittier

... see! o'er gentle Andre's tomb, The victim of his own despair, Who fell in life's exulting bloom, Nor deem'd that life deserv'd a care; O'er the cold earth his relicks prest, Lo! Britain's drooping legions rest; For him the swords they sternly grasp, appear Dim with a sigh, ...

— Poems (1786), Volume I. • Helen Maria Williams

... on the former occasion, betrayed into those lies and braggadocioes which are the usual concomitants of Cowardice in Military men, and pretenders to valour. These are not only in themselves strong circumstances, but they are moreover thrust forward, prest upon our notice as the subject of our mirth, as the great business of the scene: No wonder, therefore, that the word should go forth that Falstaff exhibited as a ...

— Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare • D. Nichol Smith

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