n. A board that shows the direction (and often distance) to a named place; especially one of several attached to a milepost
n. The milepost itself
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. a guide post bearing an index finger.
n. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A post with projecting arm or arms for pointers, often terminating in the form of fingers, set up for the direction of travelers, generally where roads cross or divide.
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n. a guidepost resembling a hand with a pointing index finger
Word Usage
"John sees, in that entirely insignificant thing, a kind of fingerpost pointing to far more important, deeper, and real correspondences."