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.
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Post- \Post-\ (p[=o]st). [L. post behind, after; cf. Skr.
   pa[,c]c[=a]behind, afterwards.]
   A prefix signifying behind, back, after; as, postcommissure,
   postdot, postscript.
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Post \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 \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.
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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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   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.
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   2. 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 \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.
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   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.
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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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   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.
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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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   4. Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.
      [Obs.] "In post he came." --Shak.
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   5. 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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   6. 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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   7. 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 \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.
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   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.
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   2. 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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   3. To enter (a name) on a list, as for service, promotion, or
      the like.
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   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.
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   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.
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            You have not posted your books these ten years.
                                                  --Arbuthnot.
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   6. To place in the care of the post; to mail; as, to post a
      letter.
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   7. 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 \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.
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            And post o'er land and ocean without rest. --Milton.
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   2. (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 \Post\, adv.
   With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
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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. After. When two or more alienations or descents have taken place 
between an original intruder ant or defendant in a writ of entry, the writ 
is said to be in the post, because it states that the tenant had not entry 
unless after the ouster of the original intruder. 3 Bl. Com. 182. See Entry, 
limit of. 

Post, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
   Population (2000):    3708
   Housing Units (2000): 1419
   Land area (2000):     3.750179 sq. miles (9.712918 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.019131 sq. miles (0.049548 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.769310 sq. miles (9.762466 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            59012
   Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
   Location:             33.191789 N, 101.380432 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     79356
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Post, TX
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