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   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.]
   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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   ☞ 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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   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, 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.]
   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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   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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   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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   Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. [Obs.] “In post he came.”  
   Shak.
   
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   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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   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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   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 , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posted; p. pr. & vb. n. Posting.]
   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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   ☞ 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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   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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   To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or the like.
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   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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   (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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   To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a letter.
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   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, v. i. [Cf. OF. poster. See 4th Post.]
   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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   (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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   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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