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post
post (form poste, Enn. An. 235; Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 131; id. Stich. 2, 2, 56), adv. and prep. [root...

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post
post (1) adv.POS-.—Of place, behind, back backwards : ante aut post, L.: servi, qui post erant: ub...

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Post
·adj Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. II. Post ·adv With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to t...

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Post-
·- A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure, postdot, postscript. ...

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Post
1) A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of letters, etc. (2 Chr. 30:6; Esther 3:13, 15; ...

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post
Any ground, fortified or not, where a body of men can be in a condition for defence, or fighting an ...

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Post
Probably, as Gesenius argues, the door-case of a door, including the lintel and side posts. The post...

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Binding post
·add. ·- A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections. ...

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Cossack post
·add. ·- An outpost consisting of four men, forming one of a single line of posts substituted for th...

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Crown-post
·noun ·same·as King-post. ...

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King-post
·noun A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent...

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Lamp-post
·noun A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, ...

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Parcel post
·add. ·- That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery...

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Post note
·- A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note paya...

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Post office
·noun ·see under 4th Post. ...

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Post-abdomen
·noun That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; — more commonly called abdomen. ...

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Post-captain
·noun A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the B...

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Post-disseizin
·noun A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of t...

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Post-disseizor
·noun A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same d...

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Post-fine
·noun A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed; —...

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Post-impressionism
·add. ·noun In the broadest sense, the theory or practice of any of several groups of recent painter...

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Post-mortem
·adj After death; as, post-mortem rigidity. ...

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Post-obit
·- ·Alt. of Post-obit bond. ...

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Post-temporal
·noun A post-temporal bone. II. Post-temporal ·adj Situated back of the temporal bone or the tempor...

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Post-tragus
·noun A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals. ...

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Post-tympanic
·adj Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus. ...

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Queen-post
·noun One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. ·see King-...

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Tool-post
·noun ·Alt. of Tool-stock. ...

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Totem post
·add. ·- A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic symbols, set up before the ho...

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Post House
At the junction of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill opposite the Stocks (Leake, 1666). The site is ...

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ale post
A may-pole. ...

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finger post
A parson: so called, because he points out a way to others which he never goes himself. Like the fin...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
post nointer
A house painter, who occasionally paints or anoints posts. Knight of the post; a false evidence, one...

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post-note
In commerce, a bank-note intended to be transmitted to a distant place by mail, and made payable to ...

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advanced post
A spot of ground seized by a party to secure their front. A piquet or outpost. ...

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alarm-post
A place appointed for troops to assemble, in case of a sudden alarm. ...

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body-post
An additional stern-post introduced at the fore-part of an aperture cut in the dead-wood in a ship f...

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false post
See false stern-post. ...

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inner post
, or inner stern-post. The post on which the transoms are seated. An oak timber brought on and fay...

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main-post
The stern-post, as distinguished from the false-post and inner-post. ...

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post-captain
Formerly a captain of three years' standing, now simply captain, but equal to colonel in the army, b...

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stern-post
The opposite to the stem; scarphed into the keel, and suspending the rudder. In steam-ships, where a...

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towing-post
A substantial timber fixed through the deck of a steam-tug for making the tow-rope fast to. Also, a ...

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Ex post facto
·- ·Alt. of Ex postfacto. ...

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Post-obit bond
·- A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds hi...

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General Post Office
On the west side of King Edward Street, in Farringdon Ward Within. The chief office in place of the ...

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Post Office Court
South out of Lombard Street at No. io adjoining the Post Office (P.O. Directory). In Langbourn Ward....

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dining room post
A mode of stealing in houses that let lodgings, by rogues pretending to be postmen, who send up sham...

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post master general
The prime minister, who has the patronage of all posts and places. ...

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false stern-post
A piece bolted to the after-edge of the main stern-post to improve steerage, and protect it should t...

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inner stern-post
See inner post ...

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post of honour
The advance, and the right of the lines of any army. ...

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Old General Post Office
On the east side of St. Martin le Grand (Street), between that street and Foster Lane. Erected 1825...

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Post Office, Lombard Street
On the south side of Lombard Street at No. l0 east of St. Mary Woolnoth (P.O. Directory). In Langbou...

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knight of the post
A false evidence, one that is ready to swear any thing for hire. ...

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post-and-rail tea
slang name for strong bush-tea: socalled because large bits of the tea, or supposed tea, floatabout ...

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back of the post
An additional timber bolted to the after-part of the stern-post, and forming its after-face. ...

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