Definition: post
Source: WordNet (r) 1.7
post
adj : (prefix) coming after; "`post' is a prefix in
`postmillenial' and `postgraduate'"
n 1: the position where something or someone (as a guard or
sentry) stands or is assigned to stand: "a sentry
station" [syn: station]
2: military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
[syn: military post]
3: a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the
treasury" [syn: position, berth, office, spot, place,
situation]
4: upright consisting of a piece of timber or metal fixed
firmly in an upright position
5: 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]
6: a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or
end of a race track) [syn: stake]
7: the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post
office [syn: mail, mail service, postal service]
8: 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 it 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, base, send, place]
5: for example, of records, in sports
6: enter on a public list
7: transfer (entries) from one account book to another [syn: carry]
8: mark with a stake; "stake out the path" [syn: stake]
9: put up; "post a sign"; "post a warning at the dump" [syn: put
up]
10: 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, send]
11: mark or expose as infamous; "She was branded a loose woman"
[syn: brand]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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-\ (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.
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.
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 \Post\, adv. With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10)
post <messaging> To send a message to a mailing list or newsgroup. Usually implies that the message is sent indiscriminately to multiple users, in contrast to "mail" which implies one or more deliberately selected individual recipients. You should only post a message if you think it will be of interest to a significant proportion of the readers of the group or list, otherwise you should use private electronic mail instead. See netiquette. [Jargon File] (1997-12-04)
POST power-on self-test
Source: V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms December 2001
POST
Power-On Self-Test
Source: Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)
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?"
Source: U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Post, OR Zip code(s): 97752 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
Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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).
