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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Sheth \Sheth\, n. The part of a plow which projects downward beneath the beam, for holding the share and other working parts; -- also called {standard}, or {post}. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Post \Post\, a. [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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Post \Post\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore, The gates of Azza, post and massy bar. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Unto his order he was a noble post. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] When God sends coin I will discharge your post. --S. Rowlands. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Post \Post\, n. [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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. --Abp. Abbot. [1913 Webster] I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] "In post he came." --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal station. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post, for several years. --Palfrey. [1913 Webster] 6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger. [1913 Webster] The post of honor is a private station. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under {Paper}. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Post \Post\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to post one for cowardice. [1913 Webster] On pain of being posted to your sorrow Fail not, at four, to meet me. --Granville. [1913 Webster] 3. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] You have not posted your books these ten years. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 6. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter. [1913 Webster] 7. To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted with the details of a subject; -- often with up. [1913 Webster] Thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature of the day. --Lond. Sat. Rev. [1913 Webster] {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. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Post \Post\, v. i. [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. [1913 Webster] And post o'er land and ocean without rest. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Man.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Post \Post\, adv. With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: post n 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" v 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}] From The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003) [jargon]: post v. To send a message to a {mailing list} or {newsgroup}. Distinguished in context from mail; one might ask, for example: ?Are you going to post the patch or mail it to known users?? From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: POST Power-On Self-Test From Latin-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-lat-eng]: post after; behind From Swedish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 [fd-swe-eng]: post mail; post From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: post /pɔst/ mail From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Post /pɔst/ mail; mailing; post From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Post... /pɔst/ postal From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: post /pɔst/ 1. pole; post; stanchion; stake 2. post 3. mail; post From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 [fd-dan-eng]: post mail; post