postaxlal 
4040 
s variou8ly honiol<)gized by 
posterior 
latter- a mail-bisK 
DOBt-bill 
>f the letters despatched 
IU -.J . 
the postclavicle. driver. 
' [< l*.post, postet, " See ;)*<. 
postea (pos'te-S), n So called from the firs 
word in the ong. (Latin) form of the return: 
, 
before or in, the clitellum, as certain earth- namely, L. posted, after this, < post, after, + 
worms . ed, abl. fern, of in, fern, ea, this.J In lam, entry 
- 
t'bilTn. 1. Same as bank post- postclitellian (post-kli-tel'i-an), a. [< l*.post, 
* under W3).-S. A way-bill 'behind, + NL. cliMlum, q. v. , + -'-} Having 
s desatched from a post-office, the ducts of the testes opening behind, and not 
cost-bird (i>ot'berd), n. The spotted flycatch- 
^ _ i it .1 *..._. ;*.. i. ..i.;* 
conies' first shall be first served. the base of the brain. 
SmoJfctt, Travels (ed. 1766X 1. 137. p 08 t-communion (post-ko-mu'nyon), and a. , ^^.^ 
post-box 1 (post'boks), . In niach., a shafting- I. n . 1. The part of the liturgy or eucharistic or gtate of auy an i ma l; postnatal. 
,. 
t, after, + NL. embryon, embryo: see em- 
nicj Subsequent to the embryonic stage 
box attached to a post instead of to a hanging 
or standing pedestal. 
post-box a (post'boks), n. A mail-box, 
postboy (post'boi), n. A boy who rides post; 
a boy or man who carries mail ; the driver of a 
post-chaise; a postilion, 
postbrachial (post-bra'ki-al), a. [< L. post. 
The pott-embryonic development, when the hurt In free- 
awitumlng and can procure its own food. 
C. Clavi, Zoology, p. lie. 
office which succeeds the act of communion. 
2. A collect or prayer, or one of several pray- 
ers, said after communion. 
n. a. In liturgies, succeeding or following post-entry (post-en 'tri), n. 1. In torn., an ad- 
the act of communion; also, used after com- dition to the manifest of a vessel of an item or 
raunion : as, a jtost-communion collect ; the post- it emg o f merchandise found on the vessel, and 
com in union veil. no t enumerated on the manifest at the time of 
post, behind, + branchia, gills: see branchial.] 
Placed behind the gills ; posterior to any one 
'ill : opposed to prebranchial. Micros. Set., 
CXIX. 179. 
post-butt (post'but), n. A block of stone or 
wood sunk in the ground as a support for a 
fence-post. 
post-calcaneal (post-kal-ka'ne-al), a. [< L. 
post, behind, + NL. calcatieum + -al.] Situ- 
ated behind the calcaneum: noting a lobe of 
the interfemoral membrane of the Chiroptera. 
after, + brachium, upper arm : see brachial.] postcostal (post-kos'tal), a. [< L. post, behind, tne en t ry o f the vessel at the custom-house. 
In human anat., situated upon the back of the + costalis, costal: see costal.] Placed next be- 2_ T^ bookkeejiing, a subsequent or additional 
brachium, or upper arm : specifically applied to hind the costal nervure or vein of the wing, as a en try. 
a group of muscles represented by the divi- nervure of some insects' wings Postcostal eel- poster 1 (pos'ter), n. [< i>< 
sions of the triceps. Coues, 1887. lules or areolets, a name given b> -some of the older an- 'one who posts bills; abill- 
nnsthran chial t iWist-branr ' ki - all a KL thors to one or more cells in the costal area exterior to the ; f____j ;_*'_,! j ; 
.brancniai l| .ng^Kl Vh^__ft Mf , m& . they now generally known as the margi,*! or 
radial <//.- Postcostal vein or nervure, the second 
main longitudinal vein Immediately behind the costal 
Kill: opposed to preorancntai. Micros, aci., vein: it Is generally called the tubcostal vein or ntbUiu. 
XXIX 179. postcoxal (post-kok'sal). a. [< L. post, behind, 
+ NL. coxa, q. v., + -at.] In cntom., situated 
behind the coxte, or coxal cavities. 
postcruciate (post-kro'shi-at), a. [< L. post, 
behind, + NL. crct<i<, cross-shaped, also tor- 
mented: seeerwfiafc 1 , 2.] Posterior to the cru- 
fliate fissure of the cerebrum. Alien, and Neurol. 
(trans.), VI. 9. r \r-----rr ~ * 
pOStKnonical (post-ka-non'i-kal), . '6'fTate'r postcubital (post-ku'bi-tal), a. [< L. ot, be- One who posts, or travels as post; one who 
1 a!tMhanth7 canon: written after the close of hind, + cubit**, forearm: see cubital.] Situated travels expeditiously. 
upon the back of the forearm: specifically not- 
ing a group or set of cubital muscles. Coues. 
postdate (post'dat), n. [= F. posMate = Pg. 
posdata ; as post- + rfateX] A date put on a 
document later than the actual date on which 
it was written, 
postdate (post-daf), v. t.; pret. and pp. post- 
>ost l , v., + -!.] 1. 
poster. 2. A broad - 
intended for pasting or nailing 
upon a post or wall iu some public place ; an 
advertisement. 
Before the Great Fire the space for foot-passengers In 
London was defended by rails and post* ; the latter served 
for theatrical placards and general announcements, which 
were therefore called poiteri or posting-bills. 
Brtwr, Diet. Phrase and Fable. 
The official jotter at the door (of Notre Dame] asserts 
that the great bell In the tower Is the largest in the world. 
Harper' f Mag., LXXIX. 94. 
poster 2 (pos'ter), n. [< post*, v., + -eri.] 1. 
the canon of Scripture, 
post-captain (post'kap'tan), n. See captain, 
I (t>). 
post-card (post'kard), ti. Same as postal card 
(which see, under postal). [Great Britain.] 
post-car ochet, " A post-chaise. 
And, being to travel, he sticks not to lay 
Hli port carnchet still upon his way. 
Drayton, Moon-Calf. 
postcava (post-ka'vft), .; pi. postfatee (-ve). 
The inferior vena ca'va; the caval vein which 
is below in man, and behind or posterior in 
other animals : opposed toprxcara. 
The weird sisters, hand in hand, 
of the sea and land, 
Thus do go about, about 
Shalt.. Macbeth, I. 8. S3. 
2. A post-horse. 
Two travellers . . . were slowly dragged by a pair of 
Jaded pottrrt along the commons. 
, Night and Morning, II. 10. 
dated, y V r~. postdating. [= \\poitdater = Pg. ^ restante (post res-tant'). [F., < paste, 
posdatar; from the noun: see postdate, n.] 1. ^ ost . offi( . e + rf!! %, nte remaining, left, fem. of 
than the real one: as, ,,.,, ' ,./, ,,;,,. SPfi nnxfttind res- 
To affix a later date to 
to postdate a contract (that is, to date it as if, 
for instance, it were made six months later than 
the actual date). 2. To date afterward ; give 
egtantj of rcgter ^ remain : see post and res- 
tant.'] in France and other countries of Eu- 
nnBtMirai iiKixt-k'Y'vih a ~f T a Of or a previous date to. South. [Rare.] 
3&2L?S.?'-AfL. UI post-day (post'da), n. A day on which the post 
pertaining to or constituting the postcava. 
II. n. The postcava, or postcaval vein. 
See incense-cedar. 
or mail arrives or departs. 
ic (post-di-a-stol'ik), n. 
a. [< L. post, behind, + Or. iceQa/i/, head: see 
cephalic.] Situated behind the head; more 
specifically, in myriapods, situated behind the 
cephalic segment: as, 
of the body. .- 
postcenriciplex (post-ser'vi-si-pleks), n. [< L. dicrotic wave : said of a secondary wave mdi- 
pt. behind, + Errfc (ccn-ic-), neck, + NL. cated in the sphyginpgrams of some pulses. 
plexus, q. v.: see cen-Mplex.] The posterior postdiluvial (post-di-Tu'vi-al), n. R L. 
cervical plexus (which see, under vtexus). after, + rii/r,m, deluge: see rf./nriai.] 
Coues. 
post-chaise (post'shaz), . 
rope and America, a department in a post-office 
where letters specially addressed are kept till 
the owners call for them. It Is intended particular- 
ly for the convenience of persons passing through a coun- 
try or town where they have no fixed residence. 
[< L. post, posterial (po8-te'ri-al), o. [For 'posterioral, < 
c.] After the diastole : said infelicitously of a rior or posteriors ; posterior, 
cardiac murmur occurring at the beginning of No j| cenM O f fashion can allow a man of delicate taste to 
the diastole. adopt the vonterial luxuriance of a Hottentot 
r^'^/m/^S^enl pOStdicrOtiC (post-di-krot'ik), . [< L. post, CarlyU, Sartor Resartu. (ed. .831), p. 193. 
behind, + E. dicrotic, q. v.] Coming after the posterior (pos-te'ri-or), a. and w. [Formerly 
A ,. -.-A: also )>otlteriour . < OF. posterieur, F. nosterievr 
= Sp. Pg. posterior = It. posteriore, < L. posteri- 
or, compar. of posterns, coming after, following, 
next, next in order, time, or place, later, latter, 
hinder, (.post, after: see posft.] I. a. 1. La- 
ter in position in a series or course of action ; 
coming after. 
So It Is manifest that, where the anterlonr body glreth 
way as fast as the pairriour cometli on, It maketh no 
noise, be the motion never so great or swift 
Bacon, Nat Hist, f 11.'.. 
2. Especially, later or subsequent in time: op- 
posed to prior. 
Hesiod was posterior to Homer. W. Broomt. 
No care was taken to have this matter remedied hy the 
explanatory articles poiterior to the report Adaiton. 
What Is poifcrrior In the order of things does not t 
from itself, but from something prior to It 
Swedenkorg, Christian Psychol. (tr. by Gorman), p. 64. 
3. Situated behind; hinder: opposed ioantrrior. 
In most cases, In anatomy and zoology, potttrior Is said of 
parts lying behind the head, or fore end of the body ; In 
man, also of parts lying behind the front of the body : in 
the former case synonymous with caudal, in the latter 
with dortal. See cuts under bivalve and Drymttvt. 
4 In hot., situated on the side nearest the 
postclavicle (post-klav'i-kl), . [< L. r ,t, be- postdorsulum (post-ddr'su-lum), ..; pi port- ^^gS^^^^S^'S!^ 
hind, + NL. efancula, clavicfe : gee claAcle.] In dorsula (-la). [S'L., < L. post, behind, + NL. 
irhth., a posterior element of the scapular arch doritulum, q. v.] In cntom., the metascutum. or 
of some fishes, which, like the supraclavicle scutum of the metathorax. Kirbij. 
_ t let for hire for conveying travelers from 
one station to another. 
A heroine in a hack pott-thaite Is such a Mow upon sen- 
timent as no attempt at grandeur or pathos can withstand. 
Jane Autten, Northanger Abbey, xxix. 
[< post-chaise, n.] 
Thackeray, New- 
under /<>'. 
ing or occurring after the deluge. 
A chaise or car- postdiluvian(p6st-di-lu'vi-an),a.andn. [=F. 
jpMftMMM = Sp. postdiliii-iano = Pg. posdilu- 
riano = It. postdtinriano, jiosdiluriatio, < L. post, 
after, + diluvium, deluge: see dUuvian.] I. a. 
Same as jtostdilurial. 
But this was very obscurely discovered as yet, as some- 
k v , A / n A'k..\ .. r/ . 1 tlmesby dreams and visions, till the postdiluvian and more 
post-chaise (post shaz),. . r< .post-chaise. .] proph< 4j j,,,. itelirOKEijgion, n. is. 
To travel by post-chaise, 
comes, xv. 
post-chariot (post'char'i-ot), n. A post-chaise. 
Tluickeray, English Humorists, Steele. 
postclassic (post-klas'ik). a. [< L. post, after, 
+ clastticus, classic : see classic. ] Same as post- po8t-disseizin(post-dis-8e'zin),. Intar,asub- 
<7n.v<;<-/(/. sequent disseizin ; also, a writ that lay for him 
postclassical (post-klas'i-kal), a. [As post- who, having recovered lands or tenements by 
classic + -al.] Occurring or "existing after the force of novel disseizin, was again disseized by 
times of those Greek and Latin writers who the former disseizor. Wharton. 
take rank as classical, and previous to the liter- post-disseizor (post-dis-se'zor), n. A person 
at ure classified as medieval: as, the postclassical who disseizes another of lands which he had 
before recovered of the same person. 
II. a- One who has lived since the deluge. 
Methnsalem might be half an hour In telling what o'clock 
It was ; but as for us pott-diluviant, we ought to do every- 
thing in haste. Steele, Tatler, No. 264. 
^ medulla ., H1Illl . wh at oval area seen in transverse 
ectton of the lower part of tiirutiiunmta on each side, at 
the posterior part, hounded In fn.nt ii> tMM "' nerve- 
