post uterine (postuterin)

[L. post, behind, + uterus, uterus: see uterine.] Situated behind the uterus; retro-uterine. postvenet (post-vēn'), v. t. [L. post, after, + venire, come.] To come after. or inscribed on a ring, knife, or other object; hence, in general, a motto; an epigram; a legend; a short inscription. And the tente was replenyshed and decked with this posie: After busy labor commeth victorious rest. Hall, Hen. V., an. 7. We call them [short epigrams] Posies, and do paint them now a dayes vpon the backe sides of our fruite trenchers of wood, or vse them as deuises in rings and armes and about such courtly purposes. Putten ham , Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 47. A hoop of gold, a paltry ring That she did give me, whose posy was For all the world like cutler's poetry, Upon a knife, "Love me, and leave me not." Shak ., M. of V., v. 1. 148. 2. A bunch of flowers, or a single flower; a nosegay; a bouquet. [Perhaps so called from the custom of sending verses with flowers as gifts.] And I will make thee beds of roses, And a you sand fragrant posies . Marlowe , Pa ionate Shepherd to his Love. Nature pick'd several flowers from her choice banks, And bound 'em up in thee, sending thee forth A posy for the bosom of a queen. Fletcher ( and another ), Queen of Corinth, iii. 1. Y' are the maiden posies, And so grac't To be plac't 'Fore damask roses. Herrick , To Violets. A girl came with violet posies , and two Gentle eyes, like her violets, freshened with dew. F. Locker, Mr. Placid's Flirtation. A ring inscribed posy-ring (po'zi-ring), n. with a posy or short poetical motto. In some cases the posy consists of a single word formed by the initial letters of stones set around the ring. Also called chanson.