press-markv.
/ˈprɛsˌmɑːk/, U.S. /ˈprɛsˌmɑrk/ 1. transitive. To give (a book) a press mark. Also occasionally intransitive.
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society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [verb (intransitive)] > mark, specifying where to be filed
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society > communication > book > library or collection of books > library, place, or institution > [verb (transitive)] > shelf-mark
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1877 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 47 p. ix The whole of the Library has now been re-arranged and press-marked.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Press-mark,..vt. & vi. To mark (a book) with characters showing the proper place in a bookcase.
1972 Speculum 47 639 The presence of the latter at Bury is only certain by Kirkestede's time, when it was press-marked; it is certainly not a scriptorium product.
1991 P. J. Cross in P. R. Harris Libr. of Brit. Museum vi. 207 Many of these works were catalogued and pressmarked fairly swiftly.
2. transitive. To give (fabric) a press mark; to mark with an iron. rare.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > wash clothes [verb (transitive)] > press or iron > leave mark of iron on
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1948 H. Hall Home Dress-making Simplified vii. 64 It is important to press-mark all the side seams of the waist, the shirt, and the sleeves, as these seams will be the fitting lines of the dress.
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