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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}.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
The gates of Azza, post and massy bar. --Milton.
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Unto his order he was a noble post. --Chaucer.
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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.
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2. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were
chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
[Obs.]
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When God sends coin
I will discharge your post. --S. Rowlands.
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{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.
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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.
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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,
Receiving them from such a worthless post. --Shak.
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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.
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I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness,
which I should not care to hazard by the common
post. --Pope.
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4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
[Obs.] "In post he came." --Shak.
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5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal
station. [Obs.]
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He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then
called, post, for several years. --Palfrey.
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6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or
emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
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The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.
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7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under
{Paper}.
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{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.
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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.
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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.
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2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise
opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to
post one for cowardice.
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On pain of being posted to your sorrow
Fail not, at four, to meet me. --Granville.
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3. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or
the like.
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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.
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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.
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You have not posted your books these ten years.
--Arbuthnot.
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6. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a
letter.
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7. To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted
with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
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Thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature
of the day. --Lond. Sat.
Rev.
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{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.
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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.
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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 \Post\, adv.
With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
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