squeezing

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SQUEEZING, participle present tense Pressing; compressing; crowding; oppressing. SQUEEZING, noun 1. The act of pressing; compression; oppression. 2. That which is forced out by pressure; dregs. The dregs and squeezings of the brain.
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