Crown-post (n.) Same as King-post. |
Ex post facto () Alt. of Ex postfacto |
King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post. |
Lamp-post (n.) A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc. |
Paid (imp., p. p., & a.) Receiving pay |
Paid (imp., p. p., & a.) Satisfied |
Paid (imp. & p. p.) of Pay |
Post- () A prefix signifying behind, back, after |
Post (a.) Hired to do what is wrong |
Post (n.) 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 |
Post (n.) The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers |
Post (n.) The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed |
Post (n.) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route |
Post (n.) A military station |
Post (n.) The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited. |
Post (n.) A messenger who goes from station |
Post (n.) An established conveyance for letters from one place or station to another |
Post (n.) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. |
Post (n.) One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. |
Post (n.) A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument |
Post (n.) A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under Paper. |
Post (v. t.) To attach to a post, a wall, or other usual place of affixing public notices |
Post (v. t.) To hold up to public blame or reproach |
Post (v. t.) To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like. |
Post (v. t.) To assign to a station |
Post (v. t.) To carry, as an account, from the journal to the ledger |
Post (v. t.) To place in the care of the post |
Post (v. t.) To inform |
Post (v. i.) To travel with post horses |
Post (v. i.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. |
Post (adv.) With post horses |
Post-abdomen (n.) That part of a crustacean behind the cephalothorax |
Post-captain (n.) A captain of a war vessel whose name appeared, or was "posted," in the seniority list of the British navy, as distinguished from a commander whose name was not so posted. The term was also used in the United States navy |
Post-disseizin (n.) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor |
Post-disseizor (n.) A person who disseizes another of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor. |
Post-fine (n.) A duty paid to the king by the cognizee in a fine of lands, when the same was fully passed |
Post-mortem (a.) After death |
Post note () A note issued by a bank, payable at some future specified time, as distinguished from a note payable on demand. |
Post-obit () Alt. of Post-obit bond |
Post-obit bond () A bond in which the obligor, in consideration of having received a certain sum of money, binds himself to pay a larger sum, on unusual interest, on the death of some specified individual from whom he has expectations. |
Post office (n.) See under 4th Post. |
Post-temporal (a.) Situated back of the temporal bone or the temporal region of the skull |
Post-temporal (n.) A post-temporal bone. |
Post-tragus (n.) A ridge within and behind the tragus in the ear of some animals. |
Post-tympanic (a.) Situated behind the tympanum, or in the skull, behind the auditory meatus. |
Oueen-post (n.) One of two suspending posts in a roof truss, or other framed truss of similar form. See King-post. |
Tool-post (n.) Alt. of Tool-stock |
autopsy necropsy postmortem post-mortem PM postmortem examination post-mortem examination | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease |
post | the delivery and collection of letters and packages, it came by the first post, if you hurry you'll catch the post |
post office | a children's game in which kisses are exchanged for pretended letters |
position post berth office spot billet place situation | a job in an organization, he occupied a post in the treasury |
powder-post termite Cryptotermes brevis | extremely destructive dry-wood termite of warm regions |
post horse post-horse poster | a horse kept at an inn or post house for use by mail carriers or for rent to travelers |
command post general headquarters GHQ | military headquarters from which a military commander controls and organizes the forces |
corner post | a square post supporting a structural member at the corner of a building |
country store general store trading post | a retail store serving a sparsely populated region, usually stocked with a wide variety of merchandise |
hinging post swinging post | the gatepost on which the gate is hung |
hitching post | a fixed post with a ring to which a horse can be hitched to prevent it from straying |
king post | post connecting the crossbeam to the apex of a triangular truss |
military post post | 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 |
newel post newel | the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs, it supports the handrail |
post | 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 |
post and lintel | a structure consisting of vertical beams (posts) supporting a horizontal beam (lintel) |
post chaise | closed horse-drawn carriage with four wheels, formerly used to transport passengers and mail |
post exchange PX | a commissary on a United States Army post |
posthole post hole | a hole dug in the ground to hold a fence post |
posthole digger post-hole digger | a shovel used to sink postholes |
post horn | wind instrument used by postilions of the th and th centuries |
posthouse post house | an inn for exchanging post horses and accommodating riders |
Post-Office box PO Box POB call box letter box | a numbered compartment in a post office where mail is put to be called for |
post road | a road over which mail is carried |
queen post | vertical tie post in a roof truss |
shutting post | the gatepost against which the gate closes |
telephone pole telegraph pole telegraph post | tall pole supporting telephone wires |
whipping post | post formerly used in public to which offenders are tied to be whipped |
post hoc post hoc ergo propter hoc | the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation |
Post-It | brand name for a slip of notepaper that has an adhesive that allows it to stick to a surface and be removed without damaging the surface |
mail mail service postal service post | 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' |
parcel post | postal service that handles packages |
registered mail registered post | mail that is registered by the post office when sent in order to assure safe delivery |
postcard post card postal card mailingard | a card for sending messages by post without an envelope |
postmortem post-mortem | discussion of an event after it has occurred |
post stake | 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 |
starting post | a post marking the starting point of a race (especially a horse race) |
winning post | the post at the end of a racecourse |
United States Post Office US Post Office Post Office PO | an independent agency of the federal government responsible for mail delivery (and sometimes telecommunications) between individuals and businesses in the United States |
post office local post office | a local branch where postal services are available |
mission missionary post missionary station foreign mission | an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work |
mail post | 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 |
post-office box number PO box number PO Box No box number | the number of a letter box at the post office where mail is collected |
lookout observation post | an elevated post affording a wide view |
meteorological observation post weather station | one of a network of observation posts where meteorological data is recorded |
post station | the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or is assigned to stand, a soldier manned the entrance post, a sentry station |
postdoc post doc | a scholar or researcher who is involved in academic study beyond the level of a doctoral degree |
Postimpressionist Post-impressionist | an artist of the Postimpressionist school who revolted against Impressionism |
Post C. W. Post Charles William Post | United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum (-) |
Post Emily Post Emily Price Post | United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated newspaper column on etiquette (-) |