postage (postaj)

[ The transient and skin-deep pleasures that we fondly smack after in this postage of life in this world. Feltham , Resolves, p. 277. 2. The rate or charge levied on letters or other articles conveyed by post. "Never mind the postage , but write every day, you dear darling!" said the impetuous and woolly-headed, but gen Thackeray , Vanity Fair, i. erous and affectionate Mi Swartz. game of cards, in which the hands consisted of three cards, that one being the best which contained the highest pair royal, or, if none contained a pair royal, the highest pair. Nares. Also called post and pair, and pink. -Advance posts, positions in front of an army, occupied by detachments of troops for the purpose of keeping a watch upon the enemy's movements, to learn his position and strength, and, in case of an advance, to hold him in check until the main body is prepared for his attack.-Parcels post. See parcel. - Penny post, a post or postal establishment which conveys letters, etc., for a penny. The original penny post was set up in London about 1680 by William Dockwra and Robert Murray, for the conveyance to all parts of the city of London and suburbs of letters, and packets weighing le than a pound, for the sum of one throughout country having been a umed by gov nhoc theory and he posts ernment, a uniform rate of one penny per half-ounce for all places within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was ordained by Parliament, August 17th, 1839, to take effect January 10th, 1840. This rate continued till 1871, when the minimum weight was increased to one ounce, which is now carried for one penny-there being reduced rates for larger weights. - Post adjutant. See adjutant. Post and pairt. See def. 11. If you cannot agree upon the game, to post and paire. Heywood, Woman Killed with Kindne . At Post and Paire , or Slam, Tom Tuck would play This Christmas, but his want wherwith says nay. Herrick, Upon Tuck. Post folio. See folio, 4. - Post fund. See fund1. - Post surgeon. See surgeon. post2 (post), v. [= D. posteren = G. postieren = Sw. poster a = Dan. postere, What should this fellow be, i' the name of Heaven, That comes with such post busine ? Beau , and Fl . , Coxcomb, iv. 6. post3+ (post), p. a. [For posted, pp. of post2, v. Cf. F. a poster, place for a bad purpose (= Sp. Pg. apostar, post, = It. a post are, lie in ambush), These men, in blacking the lives and actions of the reformers, partly suborned other post men to write their legends. Sir E. Sandys , State of Religion, sig. I. 2 b. ( Latham .) post4t, n. See poust . poste (post), adv . and prep . [L., post , adv., behind, back, backward, after, afterward; prep., behind, after.] A Latin adverb and preposition, meaning 'behind,' 'after,' 'afterward," 'since,' etc. It occurs in many Latin phrases sometimes used in English, and is also very common as a prefix. See post -.Post hoc, ergo propter hoc, after this, therefore on account of this; B follows A, therefore it is the effect of A: the formula of a fallacy noticed especially by the Arabian physicians, into which there was in medicine a particular tendency to fall, on account of the old objections to making experiments. post-. [L. post-, prefix, post, adv. and prep., after, etc.: see post5.] A prefix of Latin origin, meaning 'behind' or 'after.' It occurs in some compounds of Latin formation, and is freely used as an English prefix: opposed to ante- and to pre-. See ante- and IMG:content-0710.png:[blocks in formation] II. n . A postal card or postal order. [Colloq.] [= G. Sw. Dan. post ament , NL.post amentum , post ament, post is , post: see postl .] A foot or pedestal, as for an ornamental vase; also, a mounting for a bas-relief, large cameo, or the like, showing moldings in a sort of frame around the principal piece. [Rare.] postanal (post-a'nal), a . + anus , anus: see anal .] anus. [L. post, behind, Situated behind the