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The time or interval during which a public body adjourns its sittings or postpones business.

A written or printed notice to be posted, as on a wall; a poster; a placard.

, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of languages. There is a close affinity between imposture and credulity. Sir G. C. Lewis.

appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.

ing when the pressure of steam is too high, or the water in the boiler too low. -- Alarm post, a place to which troops are to repair in case of an alarm.

ingly. [Obs.] This said spirit was not given alonely unto him, but unto all his heirs and posterity. Latimer.

To post or conceal in ambush; to ambush.

Posted in ambush; ambuscaded. [Obs.]

The troops posted in a concealed place, for attacking by surprise; liers in wait. [Obs.] The ambush arose quickly out of their place. Josh. viii. 19. To lay an ambush, to post a force in ambush.

ssed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.

A postponement of the decision of a cause, for further consideration or re-argument.

emark, etc.); to respond to. She answers him as if she knew his mind. Shak. So spake the apostate angel, though in pain: . . . And him thus answered soon his bold compeer. Milton.

discreet and orderly course Holland. This revelation . . . was answerable to that of the apostle to the Thessalonians. Milton.

Before, or toward the front, in place; as, the anterior part of the mouth; -- opposed to posterior.

A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.

division of nudibranchiate Mollusca, in which the gills form a wreath or cluster upon the posterior part of the back. See Nudibranchiata, and Doris.

Odd; fantastic; fanciful; grotesque; ludicrous. The antic postures of a merry-andrew. Addison. The Saxons . . . worshiped many idols, barbarous in name, some monstrous, all antic for shape. Fuller.

A prominence on the lower posterior portion of the concha of the external ear, opposite the tragus. See Ear.

The posterior opening of the alimentary canal, through which the excrements are expelled.