Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Presswork \Press"work`\, n.
   1. Work done on or by a press.

   2. (Metal Work) Act or process of pressing or drawing with
      dies or presses; also, the product of such work.

   3. (Cabinetmaking) Work consisting of a series of
      cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure.

   4. Pottery produced by pressing clay into molds.

   5. Usually

Presswork \Press"work`\, n.
   The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or
   engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done.
   --MacKellar.