| 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.
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| 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.
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-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.
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-Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore, |
| 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.
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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.
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-In certain places there be always fresh posts, to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other. Abp. Abbot.
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-I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, |
| 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.
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| 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.
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-And post o'er land and ocean without rest. Milton.
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2. (Man.)
To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. [Eng.]
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| post | , adv.
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
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