▪ I. ‖ presse Obs. rare.
[Fr., ad. Prov. (Gascon) pressec:—L. persic-um: see peach n.1]
A clingstone peach.
| 1604 E. G[rimstone] D'Acosta's Hist. Indies iv. xxxi. 294 Peaches, presses and apricockes have greatly multiplied, especially in New Spaine. |
▪ II. presse
(of parchment): see prest n.2