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One of the chief magistrates of towns in Holland. Grand pensionary, the title of the prime minister, or or president of the Council, of Holland when a republic.

to inspect by traversing; specifically, to inspect officially the boundaries of, as of a town or parish, by walking over the whole line.

An annual survey of boundaries, as of town, a parish, a forest, etc.

A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities.

An open square in a European town, especially an Italian town; hence (Arch.), an arcaded and roofed gallery; a portico. In the United States the word is popularly applied to a veranda. We walk by the obelisk, and meditate in piazzas. Jer. Taylor.

A large building, or mass of buildings. The pile o'erlooked the town and drew the fight. Dryden.

A name given to apples of several different kinds, as Newtown pippin, summer pippin, fall pippin, golden pippin. We will eat a last year's pippin. Shak. Normandy pippins, sun-dried apples for winter use.

A position which is occupied and held; a dwelling; a mansion; a village, town, or city; a fortified town or post; a stronghold; a region or country. Are you native of this place Shak.

A public square in a city or town.

A mayor, alderman, or other magistrate, in some towns of Italy.

A judicial and executive system, for the government of a city, town, or district, for the preservation of rights, order, cleanliness, health, etc., and for the enforcement of the laws and prevention of crime; the administration of the laws and regulations of a city, incorporated town, or borough.

In old English law, the chief magistrate of a port or maritime town.; a portreeve. [Obs.] Fabyan.

In old English law, a court, or mote, held in a port town. [Obs.] Blackstone.

ney. -- Post road, or Post route, a road or way over which the mail is carried. -- Post town. (a) A town in which post horses are kept. (b) A town in which a post office is established by law. -- To ride post, to ride, as a carrier of dispatches, from place to place; hence, to ride rapidly, with as little delay as p…

ally placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running.

At present; at this time; now. [Obs.] The towns and forts you presently have. Sir P. Sidney.

ain; a retinue; as, a procession of mourners; the Lord Mayor's procession. Here comes the townsmen on procession. Shak.

inted to superintend, or preside over, something; the chief magistrate in some cities and towns; as, the provost of Edinburgh or of Glasgow, answering to the mayor of other cities; the provost of a college, answering to president; the provost or head of certain collegiate churches.

A division of a town, city, or county; a particular district; a locality; as, the Latin quarter in Paris.

the official of certain municipal divisions such as counties, schools districts, and the towns of some States of the United States, certain church officials, as a churchwarden, etc.