9 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Sheth \Sheth\, noun
The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam,
for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called
{standard}, or {post}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Post \Post\, noun [F. poste, LL. posta station, post (where horses
were kept), properly, a fixed or set place, fem. fr. L.
positus placed, p. p. of ponere. See {Position}, and cf.
{Post} a pillar.]
1. The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed;
a station. Specifically:
(a) A station, or one of a series of stations, established
for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on
some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.
(b) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a
body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such
a station.
(c) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is
limited.
2. A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially,
one who is employed by the government to carry letters and
parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter
carrier; a postman.
In certain places there be always fresh posts, to
carry that further which is brought unto them by the
other. --Abp. Abbot.
I fear my Julia would not deign my lines,
Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak.
3. An established conveyance for letters from one place or
station to another; especially, the governmental system in
any country for carrying and distributing letters and
parcels; the post office; the mail; hence, the carriage by
which the mail is transported.
I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness,
which I should not care to hazard by the common
post. --Pope.
4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
[Obs.] "In post he came." --Shak.
5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal
station. [Obs.]
He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then
called, post, for several years. --Palfrey.
6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or
emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.
7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under
{Paper}.
{Post and pair}, an old game at cards, in which each player a
hand of three cards. --B. Jonson.
{Post bag}, a mail bag.
{Post bill}, a bill of letters mailed by a postmaster.
{Post chaise}, or {Post coach}, a carriage usually with four
wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel post.
{Post day}, a day on which the mall arrives or departs.
{Post hackney}, a hired post horse. --Sir H. Wotton.
{Post horn}, a horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a
carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman.
{Post horse}, a horse stationed, intended, or used for the
post.
{Post hour}, hour for posting letters. --Dickens.
{Post office}.
(a) An office under governmental superintendence, where
letters, papers, and other mailable matter, are
received and distributed; a place appointed for
attending to all business connected with the mail.
(b) The governmental system for forwarding mail matter.
{Postoffice order}. See {Money order}, under {Money}.
{Post road}, or {Post route}, a road or way over which the
mail is carried.
{Post town}.
(a) A town in which post horses are kept.
(b) A town in which a post office is established by law.
{To ride post}, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from
place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little
delay as possible.
{To travel post}, to travel, as a post does, by relays of
horses, or by keeping one carriage to which fresh horses
are attached at each stopping place.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Post- \Post-\ (p[=o]st). [L. post behind, after; cf. Skr.
pa[,c]c[=a]behind, afterwards.]
A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure,
postdot, postscript.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Post \Post\, adjective [F. aposter to place in a post or position,
generally for a bad purpose.]
Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. [Obs.] --Sir E. Sandys.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Post \Post\, noun [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to
place. See {Position}, and cf. 4th {Post}.]
1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed,
or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially
when intended as a stay or support to something else; a
pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a
house.
They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the
two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the
houses. --Ex. xii. 7.
Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders
bore,
The gates of Azza, post and massy bar. --Milton.
Unto his order he was a noble post. --Chaucer.
Note: Post, in the sense of an upright timber or strut, is
used in composition, in such words as king-post,
queen-post, crown-post, gatepost, etc.
2. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were
chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
[Obs.]
When God sends coin
I will discharge your post. --S. Rowlands.
{From pillar to post}. See under {Pillar}.
{Knight of the post}. See under {Knight}.
{Post hanger} (Mach.), a bearing for a revolving shaft,
adapted to be fastened to a post.
{Post hole}, a hole in the ground to set the foot of a post
in.
{Post mill}, a form of windmill so constructed that the whole
fabric rests on a vertical axis firmly fastened to the
ground, and capable of being turned as the direction of
the wind varies.
{Post and stall} (Coal Mining), a mode of working in which
pillars of coal are left to support the roof of the mine.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Post \Post\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Posted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Posting}.]
1. To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of
affixing public notices; to placard; as, to post a notice;
to post playbills.
Note: Formerly, a large post was erected before the sheriff's
office, or in some public place, upon which legal
notices were displayed. This way of advertisement has
not entirely gone of use.
2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise
opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to
post one for cowardice.
On pain of being posted to your sorrow
Fail not, at four, to meet me. --Granville.
3. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or
the like.
4. To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a
sentinel. "It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant,
. . . or to get him posted." --De Quincey.
5. (Bookkeeping) To carry, as an account, from the journal to
the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as
accounts, to the ledger.
You have not posted your books these ten years.
--Arbuthnot.
6. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a
letter.
7. To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted
with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
Thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature
of the day. --Lond. Sat.
Rev.
{To post off}, to put off; to delay. [Obs.] "Why did I,
venturously, post off so great a business?" --Baxter.
{To post over}, to hurry over. [Obs.] --Fuller.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Post \Post\, adverb
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Post \Post\, verb (used without an object) [Cf. OF. poster. See 4th {Post}.]
1. To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in
haste. "Post seedily to my lord your husband." --Shak.
And post o'er land and ocean without rest. --Milton.
2. (Man.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with
the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. [Eng.]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
post
noun
1: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or
is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post";
"a sentry station" [syn: {post}, {station}]
2: military installation at which a body of troops is stationed;
"this military post provides an important source of income
for the town nearby"; "there is an officer's club on the
post" [syn: {military post}, {post}]
3: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: {position}, {post}, {berth}, {office},
{spot}, {billet}, {place}, {situation}]
4: an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed
firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the
ground and strung barbwire between them"
5: United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight
around the world (1899-1935) [syn: {Post}, {Wiley Post}]
6: United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated
newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960) [syn: {Post},
{Emily Post}, {Emily Price Post}]
7: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum
(1854-1914) [syn: {Post}, {C. W. Post}, {Charles William
Post}]
8: any particular collection of letters or packages that is
delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post
for me?"; "she was opening her post" [syn: {mail}, {post}]
9: a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end
of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the
corner of the lot was indicated by a stake" [syn: {post},
{stake}]
10: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post
office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he
works for the United States mail service"; "in England they
call mail 'the post'" [syn: {mail}, {mail service}, {postal
service}, {post}]
11: the delivery and collection of letters and packages; "it
came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the
post"
verb
1: affix in a public place or for public notice; "post a
warning"
2: publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news
on the bulletin board"
3: assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him
in Timbuktu"
4: assign to a station [syn: {station}, {post}, {send}, {place}]
5: display, as of records in sports games
6: enter on a public list
7: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn:
{post}, {carry}]
8: ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in
rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
9: mark with a stake; "stake out the path" [syn: {stake},
{post}]
10: place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning at
the dump" [syn: {post}, {put up}]
11: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send
me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's
written" [syn: {mail}, {post}, {send}]
12: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"
[syn: {post}, {brand}]
