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Hired to do what is wrong; suborned. |
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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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The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were
chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt. |
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The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a
station. |
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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. |
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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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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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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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Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier. |
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One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal
station. |
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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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A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under
Paper. |
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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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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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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. |
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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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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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To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in
haste. |
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To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the
motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. |
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With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post. |
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