posied

[Eng. posy; -ed.) Inscribed with a posy or motto. Pō-si-lip-põ, s . [See def.] Geog.: A hill immediately adjoining Naples. Posilippo-tuff, s . Petrol.: A variety of pumiceous tuff sometimes containing carbonized trunks and branches of trees; the deposit of volcanic mud streams. Very friable. Found a ociated with the ancient craters of the Phlegrean Fields. pōş'-ing, pr . par.ora . [POSE (1), v.] pōş'-Ing-lý, adv. [Eng. posing; -ly.] In a pos- ing manner; so as to pose or puzzle. pos-it, v . t . [Lat. posit us , pa. par. of pono to place, to set.] I. Ordinary Language: 1. Literally: 2. Figuratively : could "Only those who had sat as members form an idea of what that position implied."-London Standard. (4) State, condition. "What, too, would be the position of France if she were at war with China?"- London Daily Telegraph. (5) State or condition of affairs. "Then by what name th' unwelcome guest to call Was long a question, and it posed them all." Crabbe: Parish Register . *B. In trans.: To a ume for the sake of argu ment; to suppose. as a fixed principle, or as the ground of reasoning, or to be proved; a predication; a thesis. "It may seem an odd position that the poverty of the common people in France, Italy, and Spain is in some measure owing to the superior riches of the soil."-Hume E ays, e . i., pt. ii. IMG:content-1369.png:[blocks in formation] Astron.: The angle which any line, such as that joining two stars, makes with a circle of declination or other fixed line. (2) Center of position: [CENTER.] (3) Circles of position: Astron.: Six great circles pa ing through the intersections of the horizon and the meridian, and any fixed point in the heavens. They cut the equator into twelve parts, and are used finding the place of any star. (4) Geometry of position: Analytical geometry. [GEOMETRY, (1).] (5) Guns of position: Mil.: Heavy field-pieces which are not designed to execute quick movements. (6) To be in a position to: To have the time, opportunity, or resources nece ary for. "The official referred to, who is in a position to know." -London Daily Telegraph .