pressfatt (presfat)

A vat belonging to an olive or wine-pre , used for the collection of the oil or wine. [ pre 2 , prest , + When one came to the pre fat for to draw out fifty ve els out of the pre , there were but twenty. Hag. ii. 16. pre -gang (pres'gang), n. gang.] A detachment under the command of an officer empowered to impre men into the public service, especially the naval service. Last week a Lieutenant came hither with a Pre Gang , and had so good Succe that he soon Glean'd up a considerable number. Quoted in Ashton's Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, [II. 208. Men were kidnapped, literally disappeared, and nothing was ever heard of them again. The street of a busy town was not safe from such pre - gang captures. Mrs. Gaskell , Sylvia's Lovers, i. pre -gang (pres'gang), v . i. [ pre - gang , n.] To act as a pre -gang. [Rare.] There'll be no more pre - ganging here a while. Mrs. Gaskell, Sylvia's Lovers, vii.