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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Pōst'al, a.p. 1017Belonging to the post-office or mail service; as, postal arrangements.
  2. Pōst'am·ble, n.p. 1017A supplement; an addition. [Rare.] He liked not over-long preambles, or postambles, to short discourses. Brydges.
  3. Pōst'-bāg, n.p. 1017A mail-bag.
  4. Pōst'-bill, n.p. 1017A bill of letters mailed by a postmaster.
  5. Pōst'boy, n.p. 1017A boy that rides as post; a courier.
  6. Pōst'-cāp'tain, n.p. 1017A captain in the British navy;—so called unofficially in distinction from a commander, to whom the title of captain is often given by courtesy. Simmonds.
  7. Pōst'-chāise or Pōst'-cōach, n.p. 1017A carriage with four wheels, for the conveyance of travelers who travel with post-horses.
  8. Pōst'-dāte, v. t.p. 1017To date after the real time; as, to post-date a contract, that is, to date it after the real time when it was made. Of these [predictions] some were post-dated; cunningly made after the thing had…
  9. Pōst'-dāte, n.p. 1017A date put to a bill of exchange or other paper, later than the time when it is drawn.
  10. Pōst'-dāy, n.p. 1017A day on which the mail arrives or departs.
  11. Pōst'-dī-lū'vi-al or Pōst'-dī-lū'vi-an, a.p. 1017Being or happening posterior to the flood in Noah’s days. Woodward. Buckland.
  12. Pōst'-dĭ-lū'vi-an, n.p. 1017A person who lived after the flood. Grew.
  13. Pōst'-dis-sēi'zin, n.p. 1017(O. Eng. Law.) A subsequent disseizin committed by one of lands which the disseizee had before recovered of the same disseizor; a writ founded on such subsequent disseizin, now abolished. Burrill.…
  14. Pōst'-dis-sēi'zor, n.p. 1017(O. Eng. Law.) A person who disseizes another of lands which he had before recovered of the same person. Blackstone.
  15. Pōst'e-ă, n.p. 1017(Law.) 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. Brande. Wharton.
  16. Pōst′-ēn′try, n.p. 1017A second or subsequent entry, at the custom-house, of goods which had been omitted by mistake. 2. (Book-keeping.) An additional or subsequent entry.
  17. Pōst'er, n.p. 1017One who posts; also, a courier; one who travels expeditiously. 2. A large bill posted for advertising.
  18. Pos-tē'ri-or, a.p. 1017Later, or subsequent, in time. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. Broome. 2. Later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after. 3. Behind in position.
  19. Pōs'te-ri-ōr'i-ty, n.p. 1017The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time or of an event; — opposed to priority. Hale.
  20. Pos-tē'ri-or-ly, adv.p. 1017Subsequently in time.
  21. Pos-tē'ri-ors, n. pl.p. 1017The hinder parts of an animal's body. Swift.
  22. Pos-tĕr′i-ty, n.p. 1017The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor or a generation; — contrasted with ancestry. In me…
  23. Pōs'tern, n.p. 1017Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. He by a privy postern took his flight. Spenser. 2. (Fort.) A subterraneous passage between the parade and the main…
  24. Pōs'tern, a.p. 1017Back; being behind; private. Dryden.
  25. Pōst'-ex-ist', v. i.p. 1017To exist after; to live subsequently. [Obs. and rare.] Cudworth.
  26. Pōst'-ex-ist'ence, n.p. 1017Subsequent or future existence. Addison.
  27. Pōst'-ex-ist'ent, a.p. 1017Existing or living after. [Rare.] Cudworth.
  28. Pōst'-fāct, a.p. 1017Relating to a fact that occurs after another.
  29. Pōst'-fāet, n.p. 1017A fact that occurs after another. “Confirmed upon the post-fact.” Fuller.
  30. Pōst'-fine, n.p. 1017(Eng. Law.) A fine due to the king by prerogative, after a leave to agree given in a fine of lands and tenements; — called also the king's silver. Blackstone.
  31. Pōst'fix, n.p. 1017(Gram.) A letter, syllable, or word, added to the end of another word; a suffix. Parkhurst.
  32. Pōst-fīx′, v. t.p. 1017(Gram.) To add or annex, as a letter, syllable, or word, to the end of another or principal word. Parkhurst.
  33. Pōst'-gĕn'it-ūre, n.p. 1017The condition of a child born after another in the same family. [Rare.] Of high spirit and honor, naturally a king, though fatally prevented by the harmless chance of post-geniture. Browne.
  34. Pōst'-hăck'ney, n.p. 1017A hired post-horse. Wotton.
  35. Pōst-hāste', n.p. 1017Haste or speed in traveling, like that of a post or courier.
  36. Pōst-hāste', adv.p. 1017With speed or expedition; as, he traveled post-haste.
  37. Pos-thēt'o-mist, n.p. 1017(Med.) One who performs the operation of circumcision; a circumciser. Dunglison.
  38. Pos-thēt'o-my, n.p. 1017(Med.) Circumcision. Dunglison.
  39. Pōst'-hōrn, n.p. 1017A horn, or trumpet, carried and blown by a carrier of the public mail, or by a coachman.
  40. Pōst'-hōrse, n.p. 1017A horse stationed, or intended, for the post.
  41. Pōst'-hour, n.p. 1017Hour for posting letters. Dickens.
  42. Pōst'-house, n.p. 1017A house established for the convenience of the post, and where relays of horses can be obtained. 2. Hence, a house for receiving and distributing the mails; a post-office.
  43. Pōst'hūme or Pōst'hūmed, a.p. 1017Posthumous. [Obs.] Watts.
  44. Pōst'hu-mous, a.p. 1017Born after the death of the father, or taken from the dead body of the mother; as, a posthumous son or daughter. 2. Published after the death of the author; as, posthumous works. 3. Continuing after…
  45. Pōst'hu-mŏus-ly, adv.p. 1017After one's decease.
  46. Pŏs'tie, a.p. 1017Backward. [Obs.] Browne.
  47. Pŏs'til, n.p. 1017Originally, a note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text; hence, a marginal note. 2. (Rom. Cath. & Lutheran Churches.) A homily to be read in public by clergymen who…
  48. Pŏs'til, v. i.p. 1017To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate. [Obs.]
  49. Pŏs'til, v. t.p. 1017To write, as a marginal note; to gloss; to illustrate with marginal notes. [Rare.] Bacon.
  50. Pŏs'til-er, n.p. 1017One who writes marginal notes; one who illustrates the text of a book by notes in the margin.
  51. Pŏs'til-lāte, v. t.p. 1017To explain by marginal notes; to postil. “Tracts of the period which belonged to George III., and in a few instances are postillated by his own hand.” Knight.
  52. Pŏs'til-lāte, v. i.p. 1017To write postils or marginal notes. 2. Hence, to preach by expounding Scripture, verse by verse, in regular order.
  53. Pŏs'til-lā'tion, n.p. 1017The act of postillating.
  54. Pŏs'til-lā'tor, n.p. 1017One who postillates; one who expounds the Scriptures verse by verse. Henry.
  55. Pŏs-til'ion, n.p. 1017One who rides and guides the first pair of horses in a coach or post-chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pair only is used.
  56. Pŏst'ing-house, n.p. 1017A post-house.
  57. Pŏs'tīque, n.p. 1017An ornament of sculpture superadded after the original design has been completed.
  58. Pŏs'tle, n.p. 1017An apostle. Halliwell. 2. A postil; a gloss. Wright.
  59. Pŏst/li-min'/i-ar or Pŏst/li-min'/i-ōs, a.p. 1017Contrived, done, or existing subsequently. “Postliminious after-applications of them to their purposes.” South.
  60. Pŏst'li-mīn'i-ŭm or Pōst-līm'i-ny, n.p. 1017(Rom. Antiq.) The return of a person to his own country who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished or taken by an enemy. Burrill. 2. (International Law.) The right, by virtue…