Definition of impost

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Impost (n.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests..

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Humbug :: Humbug (n.) One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor.
Counterfeit :: Counterfeit (n.) One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.
Impostrous :: Impostrous (n.) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
Falsehood :: Falsehood (n.) A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture.
Springer :: Springer (n.) The bottom stone of an arch, which lies on the impost. The skew back is one form of springer..
Lierne Rib :: Lierne rib () In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another..
Chaptrel :: Chaptrel (n.) An impost.
Duty :: Duty (n.) Tax, toll, impost, or customs; excise; any sum of money required by government to be paid on the importation, exportation, or consumption of goods..
Truage :: Truage (n.) A tax or impost; tribute.
Gabel :: Gabel (n.) A rent, service, tribute, custom, tax, impost, or duty; an excise..
Imposturous :: Imposturous (a.) Impostrous; deceitful.
Imposthumate :: Imposthumate (a.) Imposthumated.
Cheat :: Cheat (n.) An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.
Imposthumate :: Imposthumate (v. t.) To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess.
Deceiver :: Deceiver (n.) One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.
Gouge :: Gouge (n.) Imposition; cheat; fraud; also, an impostor; a cheat; a trickish person..
Coussinet :: Coussinet (n.) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch.
Juggle :: Juggle (n.) An imposture; a deception.
Sham :: Sham (n.) That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug..
Trething :: Trething (n.) A tax; an impost.
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