Post POST, a. Suborned; hired to do what is wrong. [Not in use.] POST, n. [L. postis, from positus, the given participle of pono,
to place.] 1. A piece of timber set upright, usually larger than a
stake, and intended to support something else; as the posts of a house;
the posts of a door; the posts of a gate; the posts of a fence.
2. A military station; the place where a single soldier or a body of
troops is stationed. The sentinel must not desert his post. The troops
are ordered to defend the post. Hence, 3. The troops stationed in
a particular place, or the ground they occupy. 4. A public office
or employment, that is, a fixed place or station. When vice
prevails and impious men bear sway, The post of honor is a private
station. 5. A messenger or a carrier of letters and papers;
one that goes at stated times to convey the mail or dispatches. This
sense also denotes fixedness, either from the practice of using relays of
horses stationed at particular places, or of stationing men for carrying
dispatches, or from the fixed stages where they were to be supplied with
refreshment. [See Stage.] Xenophon informs us the Cyrus, king of Persia,
established such stations or houses. 6. A seat or situation. 7. A
sort of writing paper, such as is used for letters; letter paper.
8. An old game at cards. To ride post, to be employed to carry
dispatches and papers, and as such carriers rode in haste, hence the
phrase signifies to ride in haste, to pass with expedition. Post is
used also adverbially, for swiftly, expeditiously, or expressly.
Sent from Media post to Egypt. Hence, to travel post, is to travel
expeditiously by the use of fresh horses taken at certain stations.
Knight of the post, a fellow suborned or hired to do a bad action. POST, v.i. To travel with speed. And post o'er land and
ocean without rest. POST, v.t. To fix to a post; as, to
post a notification. 1. To expose to public reproach by fixing
the name to a post; to expose to opprobrium by some public action; as,
to post a coward. 2. To advertise on a post or in a public place;
as, to post a stray horse. 3. To set; to place; to station; as,
to post troops on a hill, or in front or on the flank of an army.
4. In book-keeping, to carry accounts from the waste-book or journal
to the ledger. To post off, to put off; to delay. [Not used.] POST, a Latin preposition, signifying after. It is used in this
sense in composition in many English words.
post
n 1: the position where someone (as a guard or sentry) stands or
is assigned to stand; "a soldier manned the entrance post";
"a sentry station" [syn: post, station]
2: military installation at which a body of troops is stationed;
"this military post provides an important source of income
for the town nearby"; "there is an officer's club on the
post" [syn: military post, post]
3: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, post, berth, office,
spot, billet, place, situation]
4: an upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed
firmly in an upright position; "he set a row of posts in the
ground and strung barbwire between them"
5: United States aviator who in 1933 made the first solo flight
around the world (1899-1935) [syn: Post, Wiley Post]
6: United States female author who wrote a book and a syndicated
newspaper column on etiquette (1872-1960) [syn: Post,
Emily Post, Emily Price Post]
7: United States manufacturer of breakfast cereals and Postum
(1854-1914) [syn: Post, C. W. Post, Charles William
Post}]
8: any particular collection of letters or packages that is
delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post
for me?"; "she was opening her post" [syn: mail, post]
9: a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end
of a race track); "a pair of posts marked the goal"; "the
corner of the lot was indicated by a stake" [syn: post,
stake]
10: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post
office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he
works for the United States mail service"; "in England they
call mail `the post'" [syn: mail, mail service, postal
service}, post]
11: the delivery and collection of letters and packages; "it
came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the
post"
v 1: affix in a public place or for public notice; "post a
warning"
2: publicize with, or as if with, a poster; "I'll post the news
on the bulletin board"
3: assign to a post; put into a post; "The newspaper posted him
in Timbuktu"
4: assign to a station [syn: station, post, send, place]
5: display, as of records in sports games
6: enter on a public list
7: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn:
post, carry]
8: ride Western style and bob up and down in the saddle in
rhythm with a horse's trotting gait
9: mark with a stake; "stake out the path" [syn: stake,
post]
10: place so as to be noticed; "post a sign"; "post a warning at
the dump" [syn: post, put up]
11: cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send
me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's
written" [syn: mail, post, send]
12: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"
[syn: post, brand]
post I. nounEtymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Latin postis;
probably akin to Latin por- forward and to Latin stare to stand
— more at portend, standDate: before 12th century 1.
a piece (as of timber or metal) fixed firmly in an upright position
especially as a stay or support ;pillar, column2.
a pole or stake set up to mark or indicate something; especially
a pole that marks the starting or finishing point of a horse race 3.
a metallic fitting attached to an electrical device (as a storage battery)
for convenience in making connections 4.a.goalpostb. a football passing play in which the
receiver runs downfield before turning towards the middle of the field
5. the metal stem of a pierced earring II. transitive
verbDate: 1633 1.a. to publish, announce, or advertise by or as if by use of a
placard b. to denounce by public notice c. to enter on a
public listing d. to forbid (property) to trespassers under penalty
of legal prosecution by notices placed along the boundaries e.score <posted a 70 in the final round>
2. to affix to a usual place (as a wall) for public notices ;placard3. to publish (as a message) in an online forum (as an
electronic bulletin board)
III. nounEtymology: Middle French poste
relay station, courier, from Old Italian posta relay station,
from feminine of posto, past participle of porre to place,
from Latin ponere — more at positionDate: 1507 1.obsoletecourier2.archaica. one of a series of stations for keeping horses for relays
b. the distance between any two such consecutive stations ;stage3.chiefly Britisha. a nation's organization for
handling mail; also the mail handled b.(1) a single dispatch of mail (2)letter 2a
c.post officed.postbox4. something (as a message) that is published online
IV. verbDate: 1533 intransitive verb1. to travel with post-horses 2. to ride or travel with
haste ;hurry3. to rise from the saddle and return to
it in rhythm with a horse's trot
transitive verb1.archaic to dispatch in
haste 2.mail <post a letter> 3.a. to transfer or carry from a book of original entry to a ledger
b. to make transfer entries in
4. to make familiar with a subject ;inform <kept
her posted on the latest gossip> V. adverbDate: 1549 with post-horses ;expressVI. nounEtymology: Middle French poste, from
Old Italian posto, from past participle of porre to place
Date: 1598 1.a. the place at which a soldier is stationed; especially
a sentry's beat or station b. a station or task to which one is
assigned c. the place at which a body of troops is stationed ;campd. a local subdivision of a veterans' organization e.
one of two bugle calls sounded (as in the British army) at tattoo
2.a. an office or position to which a person is appointed
b. an area on a basketball court that is located just outside
the free throw lane usually near the basket; also the offensive
position of a player occupying the post
3.a.trading post, settlementb. a trading
station on the floor of a stock exchange
VII. transitive verbDate: 1683 1.a. to station in a given place <guards were posted
at the doors> b. to carry ceremoniously to a position
<posting the colors>
2.chiefly British to assign to a unit, position, or location
(as in the military or civil service) 3. to put up (as bond)
post 1. n. & v. --n. 1 a long stout piece of timber or metal set upright in the ground etc.: a to support something, esp. in building. b to mark a position, boundary, etc. c to
carry notices. 2 a pole etc. marking the start or finish of a race. --v.tr. 1 (often foll. by up) a attach (a paper etc.) in a prominent place; stick up (post no bills). b announce or
advertise by placard or in a published text. 2 publish the name of (a ship etc.) as overdue or missing. 3 placard (a wall etc.) with bills etc. 4 US achieve (a score in a game
etc.). Phrases and idioms: post-mill a windmill pivoted on a post and turning to catch the wind. Etymology: OE f. L postis: in ME also f. OF etc. 2. n., v., &
adv. --n. 1 Brit. the official conveyance of parcels, letters, etc. (send it by post). 2 Brit. a single collection, dispatch, or delivery of these; the letters etc. dispatched (has the post
arrived yet?). 3 Brit. a place where letters etc. are dealt with; a post office or postbox (take it to the post). 4 hist. a one of a series of couriers who carried mail on horseback between
fixed stages. b a letter-carrier; a mail cart. --v. 1 tr. put (a letter etc.) in the post. 2 tr. (esp. as posted adj.) (often foll. by up) supply a person with information (keep me
posted). 3 tr. a enter (an item) in a ledger. b (often foll. by up) complete (a ledger) in this way. c carry (an entry) from an auxiliary book to a more formal one, or from one account to
another. 4 intr. a travel with haste, hurry. b hist. travel with relays of horses. --adv. express; with haste. Phrases and idioms: post-chaise hist. a travelling carriage hired
from stage to stage or drawn by horses hired in this manner. post exchange US Mil. a shop at a military camp etc. post-free Brit. carried by post free of charge or with the postage prepaid.
post-haste with great speed. post-horn a valveless horn formerly used to announce the arrival of the post. Post Office 1 the public department or corporation responsible for postal services and
(in some countries) telecommunication. 2 (post office) a a room or building where postal business is carried on. b US = postman's knock. post-office box a numbered place in a post office where
letters are kept until called for. post-paid on which postage has been paid. post room the department of a company that deals with incoming and outgoing mail. post-town a town with a post office,
esp. one that is not a sub-office of another. Etymology: F poste (fem.) f. It. posta ult. f. L ponere posit- place 3. n. & v. --n. 1 a place where a soldier is stationed
or which he patrols. 2 a place of duty. 3 a a position taken up by a body of soldiers. b a force occupying this. c a fort. 4 a situation, paid employment. 5 = trading post. 6 Naut.
hist. a commission as an officer in command of a vessel of 20 guns or more. --v.tr. 1 place or station (soldiers, an employee, etc.). 2 appoint to a post or command. Phrases and
idioms: first (or last) post Brit. a bugle-call giving notice of the hour of retiring at night. last post Brit. a bugle-call blown at military funerals etc. Etymology: F poste
(masc.) f. It. posto f. Rmc postum (unrecorded) f. L ponere posit- place
post
I.LETTERS, PARCELS, AND INFORMATION(posts, posting, posted)Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The post is the public service or system by which letters and packages are collected
and delivered. (mainly BRIT; in AM, usually use mail)
You'll receive your book through the post...The winner will be notified by post...The cheque is in the post.N-SING: the N, also by N
2.
You can use post to refer to letters and packages that are delivered to you. (mainly
BRIT; in AM, usually use mail)
He flipped through the post without opening any of it...There has been no post in three weeks.N-UNCOUNT
3.
Post is used to refer to an occasion when letters or packages are delivered. For
example, first post on a particular day is the first time that things are
delivered. (mainly BRIT)
Entries must arrive by first post next Wednesday...= delivery
N-UNCOUNT: supp N
4.
If you post a letter or package, you send it to someone by putting it in a post box
or by taking it to a post office. (mainly BRIT)
If I write a letter, would you post it for me?...I'm posting you a cheque tonight...I posted a letter to Stanley saying I was an old Army friend.VERB: V n, V n n, V n to n
•
Post off means the same as post. (in AM, usually use mail)
He'd left me to pack up the mail and post it off...All you do is complete and post off a form.PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron)
5.
If you post notices, signs, or other pieces of information somewhere, you fix them
to a wall or board so that everyone can see them.
Officials began posting warning notices...She has posted photographs on bulletin boards.VERB: V n, V n prep/adv
•
Post up means the same as post.
He has posted a sign up that says 'No Fishing'...We post up a set of rules for the house.PHRASAL VERB: V n P, V P n (not pron), also V n P prep/adv
6.
If you post information on the Internet, you make the information available to other
people on the Internet. (COMPUTING)
A consultation paper has been posted on the Internet inviting input from Net users.VERB: be V-ed
7.
If you keep someone posted, you keep giving them the latest information about
a situation that they are interested in.
Keep me posted on your progress.PHRASE: keep inflects, oft PHR on/with nII.JOBS AND PLACES(posts, posting, posted)Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A post in a company or organization is a job or official position in it, usually
one that involves responsibility. (FORMAL)
She had earlier resigned her post as President Menem's assistant...Sir Peter has held several senior military posts.= position
N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of/as n
2.
If you are posted somewhere, you are sent there by the organization that you work
for and usually work there for several years.
It is normal to spend two or three years working in this country before being posted
overseas.VERB: usu passive, be V-ed prep/adv
3.
You can use post to refer to the place where a soldier, guard, or other person has
been told to remain and to do his or her job.
Quick men, back to your post!N-COUNT: usu poss N
4.
If a soldier, guard, or other person is posted somewhere, they are told to stand
there, in order to supervise an activity or guard a place.
Police have now been posted outside all temples...British Rail had to post a signalman at the entrance to the tunnel...We have guards posted near the windows.VERB: be V-ed prep/adv, V n prep/adv, V-ed, also be V-ed
5.
see alsoposting, staging postIII.POLES(posts)Please look at category 4 to see if the expression you are looking for is shown
under another headword.
1.
A post is a strong upright pole made of wood or metal that is fixed into the ground.
You have to get eight wooden posts, and drive them into the ground...N-COUNT
2.
A post is the same as a goalpost.
Wimbledon were unlucky not to win after hitting the post twice.N-COUNT
3.
On a horse-racing track, the post is a pole which marks the finishing point.
N-SING: the N
4.
to pip someone at the post: seepipsee alsofirst-past-the-post
Sheth \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.
Totem pole \To"tem pole\ or post \post\
A pole or pillar, carved and painted with a series of totemic
symbols, set up before the house of certain Indian tribes of
the northwest coast of North America, esp. Indians of the
Koluschan stock.
Packet \Pack"et\, n. [F. paquet, dim. fr. LL. paccus, from the
same source as E. pack. See Pack.]
1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel; as, a
packet of letters. --Shak.
2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey
dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying
dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed
days of sailing; a mail boat.
Packet boat, ship, or vessel. See Packet, n., 2.
Packet day, the day for mailing letters to go by packet; or
the sailing day.
Packet note or post. See under Paper.
Post \Post\, n. [AS., fr. L. postis, akin to ponere, positum, to
place. See Position, and cf. 4th Post.]
1. 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.
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.
Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders
bore, The gates of Azza, post and massy bar.
--Milton.
Unto his order he was a noble post. --Chaucer.
Note: 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.
2. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were
chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
[Obs.]
When God sends coin I will discharge your post. --S.
Rowlands.
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.
Post \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.]
1. 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.
2. 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.
In certain places there be always fresh posts, to
carry that further which is brought unto them by the
other. --Abp. Abbot.
I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, Receiving
them from such a worthless post. --Shak.
3. 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.
I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness,
which I should not care to hazard by the common
post. --Pope.
4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
[Obs.] ``In post he came.'' --Shak.
5. One who has charge of a station, especially of a postal
station. [Obs.]
He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then
called, post, for several years. --Palfrey.
6. A station, office, or position of service, trust, or
emolument; as, the post of duty; the post of danger.
The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.
7. A size of printing and writing paper. See the Table under
Paper.
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.
Post \Post\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Posted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Posting.]
1. 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.
Note: 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.
2. To hold up to public blame or reproach; to advertise
opprobriously; to denounce by public proclamation; as, to
post one for cowardice.
On pain of being posted to your sorrow Fail not, at
four, to meet me. --Granville.
3. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or
the like.
4. 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.
5. (Bookkeeping) To carry, as an account, from the journal to
the ledger; as, to post an account; to transfer, as
accounts, to the ledger.
You have not posted your books these ten years.
--Arbuthnot.
6. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a
letter.
7. To inform; to give the news to; to make (one) acquainted
with the details of a subject; -- often with up.
Thoroughly posted up in the politics and literature
of the day. --Lond. Sat.
Rev.
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.
Post \Post\, v. i. [Cf. OF. poster. See 4th Post.]
1. To travel with post horses; figuratively, to travel in
haste. ``Post seedily to my lord your husband.'' --Shak.
And post o'er land and ocean without rest. --Milton.
2. (Man.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with
the motion of the horse, esp. in trotting. [Eng.]
post v. To send a message to a mailing list or newsgroup.
Distinguished in context from `mail'; one might ask, for example: "Are
you going to post the patch or mail it to known users?"
POST
post (ruts, "to run," ratsim, "runners"): The "runners" formed the royal guard
(1Sa 22:17; 1Ki 14:27; 2Ki 11:4,13; see GUARD). From them were chosen
the couriers who carried royal letters and dispatches throughout the kingdom
(2Ch 30:6,10; Es 3:13,15; Jer 51:31). In the Persian service they
were mounted on the swiftest horses (Es 8:10,14; compare Xenophon,
Cyrop. viii.6,17; Herodotus viii.98). They had the right to command the service
of either men or animals in order to expedite their progress (compare Mt
5:41; Mr 15:21, "compel," "impress").
Used in Job 9:25 and the King James Version The Wisdom of Solomon 5:9
(aggelia, the Revised Version (British and American) "message") of the swift
passage of time.
See also HOUSE, II, 1, (4), (7).
M. O. Evans
Post
(1.) A runner, or courier, for the rapid transmission of
letters, etc. (2 Chr. 30:6; Esther 3:13, 15; 8:10, 14; Job 9:25;
Jer. 51:31). Such messengers were used from very early times.
Those employed by the Hebrew kings had a military character (1
Sam. 22:17; 2 Kings 10:25, "guard," marg. "runners"). The modern
system of postal communication was first established by Louis
XI. of France in A.D. 1464.
(2.) This word sometimes also is used for lintel or threshold
(Isa. 6:4).
Post, TX (city, FIPS 59012)
Location: 33.19087 N, 101.38131 W
Population (1990): 3768 (1547 housing units)
Area: 9.7 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 79356
post
I. n.1. Pillar, column, support.
2. Station, position, seat.
3. Office, employment, place, situation, station.
4. Messenger, intelligencer, mercury.
5. Postman, courier, letter-carrier, express, mail-carrier.
6. Mail.
7. Speed, haste, hurry, despatch.
II. v. a.1. Place, station, set, put, fix, establish.
2. Placard, advertise, announce, make known, blaze abroad, spread abroad.
3. Stigmatize (by public notice), vilify, brand, defame, disgrace.
4. Put in the ledger, carry to the ledger.
5. Mail, put in the mail, put in the post-office.
POST
LWP-REQUEST(1p) User Contributed Perl Documentation LWP-REQUEST(1p)
NAME
lwp-request - Simple command line user agent
SYNOPSIS
lwp-request [-aeEdvhx] [-m method] [-b ] [-t ]
[-i ] [-c ] [-C ]
[-p ] [-o ] ...
DESCRIPTION
This program can be used to send requests to WWW servers and your local
file system. The request content for POST and PUT methods is read from
stdin. The content of the response is printed on stdout. Error mes-
sages are printed on stderr. The program returns a status value indi-
cating the number of URLs that failed.
The options are:
-m
Set which method to use for the request. If this option is not
used, then the method is derived from the name of the program.
-f Force request through, even if the program believes that the method
is illegal. The server might reject the request eventually.
-b
This URI will be used as the base URI for resolving all relative
URIs given as argument.
-t
Set the timeout value for the requests. The timeout is the amount
of time that the program will wait for a response from the remote
server before it fails. The default unit for the timeout value is
seconds. You might append "m" or "h" to the timeout value to make
it minutes or hours, respectively. The default timeout is '3m',
i.e. 3 minutes.
-i
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over 7,000 pages on my web sites; the Face Server produces random images of
human faces; clicking the Random WAYD link shows you a random posting to my "What Are You Doing?" board; the Random USPS
Mailbox link sends you to a page with information about a random mailbox; and the random pictures page page of sorabji.com shows one of over 11,000 random images any time you load the page. On an unrelated note, I have begun making several thousand pages of legal documents searchable.