n. A piece of timber, metal (solid or built up), or other solid substance, of considerable size, set upright, and intended as a support to a weight or structure resting upon it, or as a firm point of attachment for something: as, the posts of a door or of a gate; a king-post, queen-post, truss-post, bed-post; iron posts supporting the floor of a building; a hitching-post, etc.n. Specifically— A piece of timber set in any position; a beam.n. An upright piece of timber upon which proclamations were fixed; also, an upright piece of timber used for keeping a score when marked with chalk or notches.n. A staff.n. In violin-making. See sound-post.n. In coal-mining: A pillar or wall of coal left to support the roof of the mine.n. Finegrained sandstone, such as often occurs forming a part of the coal-measures.n. The sternpost of a vessel.n. Figuratively, a prop; a support.n. In paper manufacturing, a pile of 144 sheets of handmade paper fresh from the mold, arranged alternately with pieces of felt, ready to be placed in the screw-press; a felt-post. When the felts are removed, the pile of paper sheets is termed a white post.n. [⟨ post, verb, 4.] The state of being posted as rejected in a college examination in the University of Cambridge, England.To fix to a post; nail or otherwise fasten up in a public place, as a notice or an advertisement: as, to post a bill; to post a notice.To bring before the public notice by means of a placard fastened up in some public place; placard: as, to post one for nomination; hence, to expose to reproach by overt declaration; brand; stigmatize: as, to post a man as a coward.To raise to the rank of post-captain; make a post-captain of.Specifically, in the University of Cambridge, England, to placard as rejected in a college examination.To placard with handbills; fix notices upon.Synonyms To placard, advertise, announce, blaze abroad.n. A fixed point or place; the place where some person or thing is stationed or fixed; a station or position occupied: as, a post of observation; a sentry at his post; specifically, the place where a body of troops is stationed; a military station.n. The occupants, collectively, of a military station; a garrison.n. Hence, a subdivision of the organization of veteran soldiers and sailors called the Grand Army of the Republic. (which see, under republic).n. An office or employment; a position of service, trust, or emolument; an appointment; a position.n. One of a series of fixed stations, as on a given route or line of travel.n. One who travels through fixed stations on a given route, to carry messages, letters, papers, etc.; a postman; hence, in general, a messenger.n. A post-horse.n. An established system for the conveyance of letters, especially a governmental system; the mail; the transmission of all the letters conveyed for the public at one time from one place to another; also, a post-office.n. Haste; speed. Compare post-haste.n. A size of writing-paper varying in dimensions from 22 ¼ × 17 ¼ inches to 19 × 15 ¼ inches, and in weight from 25 to 7 pounds per ream: so called because its original water-mark was a postman's horn.n. An old game of cards, in which the hands consisted of three cards, that one being the best which contained the highest pair royal, or, if none contained a pair royal, the highest pair. Nares. Also called post and pair, and pink.To station; place.To place in the post-office; transmit by post.To send or convey by or as by means of post-horses.In bookkeeping, to carry (accounts or items) from the journal to the ledger; make the requisite entries in, as a ledger, for showing a true state of affairs: often followed by up.To supply with information up to date; put in possession of needed intelligence; inform; communicate facts to: as, to be posted in history.Synonyms To set, put, establish.To travel with post-horses; hence, to travel rapidly; travel with speed; hasten away.In the manège, to rise and sink on the saddle in accordance with the motion of the horse, especially when trotting.With post-horses; as a post; by post; hence, with speed; hastily: as, to ride post; to journey post.Hasty; hurried.Suborned; hired to do what is wrong.n. See poust.A Latin adverb and preposition, meaning ‘behind,’ ‘after,’ ‘afterward,’ ‘since,’ etc.A prefix of Latin origin, meaning ‘behind’ or ‘after.’n. In a lock, a wire or cylindrical projection over which the tube of the key fits. Its purpose is to interfere with or prevent the picking of the lock by a lever or wire.To order or detail.In chess, to move (a piece) to a square; occupy a square with (a piece).
