Definition of post

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Post (n.) A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station..

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Post :: Post (v. t.) To assign to a station; to set; to place; as, to post a sentinel..
Postentry :: Postentry (n.) A second or subsequent, at the customhouse, of goods which had been omitted by mistake..
Impostor :: Impostor (n.) One who imposes upon others; a person who assumes a character or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign..
Postea :: Postea (n.) The return of the judge before whom a cause was tried, after a verdict, of what was done in the cause, which is indorsed on the nisi prius record..
Gibbet :: Gibbet (n.) A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning..
Table :: Table (v. t.) In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table; to postpone, by a formal vote, the consideration of (a bill, motion, or the like) till called for, or indefinitely..
Tool-rest :: Tool-rest (n.) the part that supports a tool-post or a tool.
Hypostome :: Hypostome (n.) Alt. of Hypostom.
Imposturous :: Imposturous (a.) Impostrous; deceitful.
Bull :: Bull (v. i.) A letter, edict, or respect, of the pope, written in Gothic characters on rough parchment, sealed with a bulla, and dated a die Incarnationis, i. e., from the day of the Incarnation. See Apostolical brief, under Brief..
Postdiluvian :: Postdiluvian (a.) Being or happening after the flood in Noah's days.
Poster :: Poster (n.) One who posts bills; a billposter.
Post :: Post (v. i.) To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in haste..
Postliminium :: Postliminium (n.) Alt. of Postlimin.
Heelpost :: Heelpost (n.) The quoin post of a lock gate.
Heel :: Heel (n.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit, the sternpost, etc..
Bang :: Bang (v. t.) To beat or thump, or to cause ( something) to hit or strike against another object, in such a way as to make a loud noise; as, to bang a drum or a piano; to bang a door (against the doorpost or casing) in shutting it..
Warp :: Warp (v.) A rope used in hauling or moving a vessel, usually with one end attached to an anchor, a post, or other fixed object; a towing line; a warping hawser..
Newel :: Newel (n.) The upright post about which the steps of a circular staircase wind; hence, in stairs having straight flights, the principal post at the foot of a staircase, or the secondary ones at the landings. See Hollow newel, under Hollow..
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