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Situated behind the glenoid fossa of the temporal bone.

Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth.

Situated behind the orbit; as, the postorbital scales of some fishes and reptiles. -- n.

Situated behind the palate, or behind the palatine bones.

To place after, behind, or below something, in respect to precedence, preference, value, or importance. All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. Locke.

The part of the scapula behind or below the spine, or mesoscapula.

The part of a theater behind the scenes; the back part of the stage of a theater.

The hindermost dorsal piece of a thoracic somite of an insect; the plate behind the scutellum.

To put a barrier before; hence, to shut out; to hinder; to stop; to impede. The valves preclude the blood from entering the veins. E. Darwin.

Shutting out; precluding, or tending to preclude; hindering. -- Pre*clu"sive*ly, adv.

Foresight. [Obs.] Naught might hinder his quick prejudize. Spenser.

The excess of weight of that part of a canon behind the trunnions over that in front of them.

To come before; to anticipate; hence, to hinder; to prevent. [Obs.] Philips.

To intercept; to hinder; to frustrate; to stop; to thwart. "This vile purpose to prevent." Shak. Perhaps forestalling night prevented them. Milton.

Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.

One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.

So as to prevent or hinder.

The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. South. Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention. Shak.

Tending to defeat or hinder; obviating; preventing the access of; as, a medicine preventive of disease. Physic is either curative or preventive. Sir T. Browne. Preventive service, the duty performed by the armed police in guarding the coast against smuggling. [Eng]

g two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this. Blackstone.