Posterior

pos-t6'ri-or, adj., coming after: later: mote mQte m03n Men. 400 IMG:page-400.webp:Page 400 hind posterior POBte'riorly. after— Posterity, ceeding terns. Postern, a small Fr, from Postfix, fixed Postfix', L. Posthaste, that Posthorse, Posthumous, father's author.— post mans, post, Postil, the text Church, make Low (words Postillion, guides riding Postman, carrier. Postmark, Postmaster, superintendent posthorses. officer Post-meridian, after afternoon Meridian Post-mortem, post, Post-Obit, usual from tions Post-office, transmitting Postpaid, Postpone, period: -posit us Postponement, off Post-prandial, [From Postscript, afier written, Post-town, Postulant, tulate Postulate, proof, position evident — Postulatory, a umed na Posterity Pot walloper or hinder.—n pi. Poste'riOTS, short for Posture, pos'tfir, n. the placing or position of the parts.—n. Posteriority, — adv. body: attitude: state or condition disposition. [L., comp, of Posterns, coming -+-V t to place in a particular manner. [Fr. -post, after. L. Positur —potto, posit-um, to place.] pos-ter'it-i, « those coming after: suc- Posy, po'zi, n. a verse of poetry a motto an ingenerations a race. [Fr.— L.—pos script i on on a ring a motto sent with a bouquet See Posterior.] a bouquet. [Corr. ofPoeBy.] pOst'ern, n. [prig.) a back door or gate Pot, pot, n. a metallic ve el for various purposes, private door.— adj. back private. 10. esp. cooking a drinking ve el an earthen ve el post erne, posterle— L. pos ferula a dim. for plants the quantity in a pot. v.t. to pre posterns. See Posterior.] serve in pots: to put in pots: pr.p. pott'ing; pOst'fiks, n. a letter, syllable, or word pa.t. and pa.p. pott ed — TO go to pot, to go to to or put after another word, an affix.— ruin, ong said of old metal, to go into the v.t. to add to the end of another word. melting-pot. [M. E. pot, from the Celt., as post, after, and Fix. Ir pot a, Gael, poit, W. pot.] p l Pota'toes bp patata, batata, post ill a— L. post ilia [verb a), after those orig. a Haytian word [drink.] Poteen, polen, n Irish whisky. [Ir. poitint I pOs-til'yun, n a /flsthay, one who Potency, pr/ten-st, n power. posthorses, or horses in any carriage, Potent, po'tcni, adj. strong powerful having on one of them. [Fr postilion-paste great aulhotity or influence, —adv. Po'tently. postman, «. a post or couner a Jeiter- [L patens — pot able, e e, to be post-office on a letter Potentate, po ien-t«tt, n. one who is potent a pHst'ni.irk, n. the mark or stamp of a prince, a sovereign. [Fr potent at— Low L. pbst'ni.is-tcr, n. the manager or potent at us pa p. of potento, to exercise power.] of a post-office one who supplies Potential, po-ten's hal, adj., powerful efficacious: —« Postmaster-General, the chief existing in po ibility, not in reality: [grant.) of the pos i-ufhce department. expre ing power, po ibility, liberty, or obliga- — post-me-nd'i-an, adj coming tion n. the name for a function of great imthe sun has cro ed the meridian m the portance in the mathematical theory of attrac- ^written P M [L post, alter, and tions, also m electricity. — iuiv. Poten'tially. n Potentiality. post-nior'tem, culj after death. [I, Pother, poth cr, n. bustle confusion —v.t. to after, ami mortem, acc us. of mors, death puzzle: to perplex: to tease v.i. to make a pOst-f/bil, n. a bond payable with unpother A variant of Potter.] interest after the death of an individual Potherb, pot'hcrb or pot'erb, n. an herb or vegewhom the person granting has expect a table used in Looking. (L post after See Obit.] Pothook, pot'hook, a hook on which pots are post'-of n. an office for receiving an«l hung over the fire a letter or character formed letters by post a letter like a pothook an ill-formed or scrawled letter, pG.st'pfid, adj. having the postage paid. Pothouse, pot'hows, «. a low diuikiug-housc post-pon v t to put oil to an after- Potion, pci shun n a draught a liquid medicine: to defer: to delay (L postpono, a dose. [Fr — L. polio pbto, to diink Doublet post, aflei, potto, to pill.] Poison [provided for dinner. pGst-pun ment, « a L L Pouch latter part of the word being from an O. Low the Ger. waUen to boil, E. Well] thing Pouch., powch, n. a poke, pocket, or bag: the bag capacity or sac of an animal.—v.t. to put into a pouch. continued [Fr. poche. See Poke, a bag.] any