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facto
facto, āre, v. freq. a. [facio], to make , do , perform : operis quicquam, Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 23...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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Facto
·adv In fact; by the act or fact.
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Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ex
EX, EXITANI. [HEXI].
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Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
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ex
ex or ē (ex always before vowels, and elsewh. more freq. than e; e. g. in Cic. Rep. e occurs 19 ti...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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ex
ex or (only before consonants) ē I praep.with abl, out of, from within (opp. in).
I I....
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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Ex-
·- A prefix from the latin preposition, ex, akin to ·Gr. 'ex or 'ek signifying out of, out, proceedi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
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post
post (1) adv.POS-.—Of place, behind, back backwards : ante aut post, L.: servi, qui post erant: ub...
An Elementary Latin Dictionary
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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; ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
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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 ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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Post
Probably, as Gesenius argues, the door-case of a door, including the lintel and side posts. The post...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
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De facto
·- Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, — distinguished from a king de jure, or by ri...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Ex libris
·add. ·- An inscription, label, or the like, in a book indicating its ownership; ·esp., a bookplate....
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Ex officiis
·pl of Ex officio.
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Ex officio
·- From office; by virtue, or as a consequence, of an office; officially.
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Ex parte
·- Upon or from one side only; one-sided; partial; as, an ex parte statement.
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Ex postfacto
·- From or by an after act, or thing done afterward; in consequence of a subsequent act; retrospecti...
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Ex-official
·adj Proceeding from office or authority.
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Ex-voto
·noun An offering to a church in fulfillment of a vow.
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Ex-votos
·pl of Ex-voto.
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ex lex
An outlaw (a term of law).
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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-...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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Post House
At the junction of Threadneedle Street and Cornhill opposite the Stocks (Leake, 1666).
The site is ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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
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post nointer
A house painter, who occasionally paints or anoints posts. Knight of the post; a false evidence, one...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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 ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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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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samson's post
A movable pillar which rests on its upper shoulder against a beam, with the lower tenons into the de...
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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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Post-obit bond
·- A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds hi...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
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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 ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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....
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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post master general
The prime minister, who has the patronage of all posts and places.
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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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...
The Sailor's Word-Book
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
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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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Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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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 ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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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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