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, 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, adv. With post horses; hence, in haste; as, to travel post.
Post`-ab*do"men (?), n. [Pref. post- + abdomen.] (Zoˆl.) That part of
a crustacean behind the cephalothorax; -- more commonly called abdomen.
Post"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being carried by, or as by, post. [Obs.]
W. Montagu.
Post"act` (?), n. An act done afterward.
Post"age (?), n. The price established by law to be paid for the
conveyance of a letter or other mailable matter by a public post.
Postage stamp, a government stamp required to be put upon articles sent
by mail in payment of the postage, esp. an adhesive stamp issued and
sold for that purpose.
Post"al (?), a. [Cf. F. postal.] Belonging to the post office or mail
service; as, postal arrangements; postal authorities.
Postal card, or Post card, a card sold by the government for
transmission through the mails, at a lower rate of postage than a
sealed letter. The message is written on one side of the card, and the
direction on the other. -- Postal money order. See Money order, under
Money. -- Postal note, an order payable to bearer, for a sum of money
(in the United States less than five dollars under existing law),
issued from one post office and payable at another specified office. --
Postal Union, a union for postal purposes entered into by the most
important powers, or governments, which have agreed to transport mail
matter through their several territories at a stipulated rate.
Post*a"nal (?), a. [Pref. post- + anal.] (Anat.) Situated behind, or
posterior to, the anus.
Post*ax"i*al (?), a. [Pref. post- + axial.] (Anat.) Situated behind any
transverse axis in the body of an animal; caudal; posterior;
especially, behind, or on the caudal or posterior (that is, ulnar or
fibular) side of, the axis of a vertebrate limb.
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Post"boy` (?), n. 1. One who rides post horses; a position; a courier.