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Even the ship money . . . Johnson could not pronounce to have been an unconstitutional impost. Macaulay.

To apostemate; to form an imposthume or abscess. Arbuthnot.

An abscess; an imposthume. Coxe.

Same as Imposthumate.

racter or title not his own, for the purpose of deception; a pretender. "The fraudulent impostor foul." Milton.

The condition, character, or practice of an impostor. Milton.

A woman who imposes upon or deceives others. [R.] Fuller.

Characterized by imposture; deceitful. "Impostrous pretense of knowledge." Grote.

Imposture; cheating. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. From new legends And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson.

Done by imposture. [Obs.]

Impostrous; deceitful. Strictness fales and impostrous. Beau. & Fl.

Imposture. [Obs.] Fuller.

Having equal, or almost equal, authority with the apostles of their teachings.

there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post.

A post (generally a pillar of iron) supporting a lamp or lantern for lighting a street, park, etc.

A post, or one of a series of posts, set up to indicate spaces of a mile each or the distance in miles from a given place.

A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.

To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post. Shak.

That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery of parcels. The British Inland Parcel Post was established in 1883. The present rates, dating from 1897, are 3d. for parcels not exceeding one pound and 1d. for each additional pound up to the limit of 10 pounds. A general parce…