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n.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

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	v. t.~~) To press or squeeze together;~~ to ~~force into a narrower compass; to reduce~~ the ~~volume~~ of by ~~pressure; to compact; to condense; as~~, to ~~compress air or water~~.		n.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.