postgraduate 
U. H. A graduate; one stmlviiig after grad- 
iiati.Mi. jf. S. ] 
(An olijei'tion;ilile form in lioth uses.] 
post-hackney iixi-t'lmk ni), . A post-horse. 
Teach vtHtt-fiackufi/t tu lean hedpes. 
Kir H. Walton, Remains. 
post-haste (post-hast'), *. Haste or speed like 
thai nf 11 post or courier in traveling. 
Norfolk and myself, 
In hn <i. fott-luule, are come to join with yon. 
Slat., 3 Hen. VI., il. 1. 139. 
I hare continually been the man and the mean that 
have most iiliiinU <!< Imrteil her from such ptuft-haxte. 
/...r./.v.i,-UiY/. .|ii"t<. I in Motley's Hist. NctherlandMI. 250. 
post-haste (post-hast'), adv. With the baste of 
ajM'st: \\itlispeedorurgentexpeditiou: as, he 
travele<l post-haste. 
Old John of Gaunt Is grievous >lck, my lord, 
Suddenly token ; and hath sent /><.' haste 
To entreat your majesty to vUlt him. 
Shot., Klch. II., I. 4. 5S. 
To see him die. across the waste 
His son and heir doth ride post-hatU, 
But hell be dead liefore. 
Tmnymn, Death of the Old Year. 
Travelling pmd-hnntr, Bismarck arrived in Berlin on the 
1Mb September. Loire, Bismarck, I. 283. 
post-haste (post-hast'), . Expeditious; speedy; 
immediate. 
The duke does greet you, general. 
And he require* your huste-posf-Amrf* appearance, 
Eren on the instant. Shale., Othello, 1. 2. 37. 
(The edition of 1623 reads "haste, poet-hatle."] 
Write from us to him ; foet-pott. haste dispatch. 
Slialr., Othello, i. 8. 46. 
(The edition of 1B23 reads "post, post haste."] 
posthetomist (pos-thet'o-mist), H. [= F. pos- 
thetomixte ; < posthe tom->j + -is/.] One who per- 
forms the operation of posthetomy or circum- 
cision. 
posthetomy (pos-thet'o-mi), . [< Gr. irtiafli/, 
penis, prepuce, + -rouia, < reuvtiv, raueiv, cut.] 
('irciimcision. 
posthioplastic (pos'thi-o-plas'tik), a. [< Gr. 
jruaOi/, penis, prepuce, + ir).aoror. verbal, adj. 
of Tf'/anaeiv, mold: see plastic.] Pertaining to 
the plastic surgerv of tne prepuce. 
post-hippocampal (pdst-hip-o-kam'pal), a. 
[< L. poxt, behind, H- NL. hippocampus.] Situ- 
ated behind the hippocampus: specifically in 
Owen's name, poxt-liippncampal fissure, of the 
enlearine fissure or suleiis. 
posthitis (pos-thi'tis), H. [XL., < Gr. 77-00*7, 
penis, prepuce, + -His.] Inflammation of the 
prepuce. 
post-holder (post'hol'der), n. One who holds 
a post or place under government; a civil of- 
ficial at a foreign or colonial station. 
Berah and Larat, both Islets of the Thnorlaut group, 
where the Government had just then placed PoMMm 
(civil officials of subordinate rank) charged with initia- 
tory work of these new colonies. 
//. 0. Forbet, Eastern Archipelago, p. 289. 
post-hole (post'hol), n. A hole cut in the 
ground to receive the end of a fence-post. 
Post-hole auger, see aunrr, Post-hole borer, a 
post-hole auger Post-hole digger, a pair of pointed 
aeginenlnl spades so jointed together as to cut In the 
ground, by rotation, a cylindrical hole for a fence-post 
post-horn (post'hftrn), w. A postman's norn ; 
a horn blown by the driver or guard of a mail- 
coach, and at present used on four-in-hands 
for pleasure dri vi ng. it to a straight tube of brass or 
copper, from two to four feet long, the liore gradually en- 
larging downward, with a small, shallow, cupped mouth- 
piece. Its pitch varies with Its length. U Is occasional- 
ly tued as a musical Instrument by exceptional players. 
But let eternal infamy pursue 
The wretch, to nought hut his ambition true, 
Who, for the sake of tilling with one blast 
The putthornt of all Europe, lays her waste. 
Coivper, Table Talk, 1. 32. 
post-horse (post'hdrs), . A horse kept or 
hired for forwarding post-riders or travelers 
with speed from one station to another. 
I, from the orient to the drooping west, 
Making the wind my pod-hone, still unfold 
The acts commenced on this lull of earth. 
Mat, 1MB, IV., Ind., I. 4. 
post-house (post'hous), n. 1. A house where 
relays of post-horses are kept for the conve- 
nience of travelers. 
We repot 'd this night at Mperno, In the pathmu* with- 
out the towne. Evelyn, Diary, Jan. 28, NMS. 
Piathmurt were at conTenient stages all over the king 
ilnin, and the postmaster was )MUIK| to provide horses for 
all coiners, either to ride or drive. 
J. AMon, Sodal Life In Keigti of Queen Anne, II. IflB. 
2t. A post-oflii-e. 
I found yours of the first of February In the Fatt-hmut, 
as I casually li.,.| ,,i|,. i Muslnesa there, else It had miscar- 
ried. Iluuttt, Letters, Ir. 88. 
4642 
I will now put an end to my letter, and give It Into the 
pofihattse myself. Svifl, Journal to Stella, xixvi 
posthumet, postumet, " [< F. posthume, post- 
humous: see posthumous.] Posthumous. 
Oh ! If my soul could see their pnHhumr spite, 
should It not joy and triumph In the sight? 
Bp. HaU, Satires, Iv., Int. 
Pliny obsenreth that poUkumi children, born after the 
death of their father, . . . prove very happy in success. 
Fuller, Worthies, Cumberland, I. S46. 
posthumeral (post-hu'me-ral), a. [< L. post, 
behind, + humerus, shoulder: see humeral.'] 
In fii>iiin.. lying behind the humeri or antero- 
lateral angles of the thorax or elytra: as, a 
posthumeral sinus. 
posthumous (pos'tu-mus), a. and n. [Prop. 
postumous; = F. posthume = Sp. postumo = Pg. 
posthumo = lt.postumo,(. L. postumus, last, ap- 
plied esp. to the youngest children or to one born 
after the father's death ("qui post patris mor- 
tem natusest"); also written, erroneously, 7>os<- 
IIIIIHIIX, simulating a derivation from post hu- 
minn, lit. 'after the ground,' but forced into the 
sense of ' after the father has been put into the 
ground,' i. e. inhumed, buried ; prop, superl. of 
posterus, coming after: see posterior.] I. a. 1. 
Born after the death of the father: as, & posthu- 
mous son. 
I was a posthummtx child. My father's eyes had closed 
upon the light of this world six months when mine opened 
on it Dickens, David Copper-field, i. 
postle 
That which is the main point in their .Sermons anYH inc 
the comments and postUs of Friers and Jesuits, but scorn- 
ing and slighting the reformed writers. 
Milton, Apology for.Sinectymnuns. 
2. A series of comments, specifically on Scrip- 
ture; a commentary, or written exposition. 
3. A sermon or homily; specifically, a homily 
following and treating of tne liturgical gospel; 
also, a collection of such homilies. 
But In the homes the old prayer-books and the old 
Lutheran pastils were still gladly and frequently used. 
DMiothtea Sacra, XLV. ISO. 
postilt (pos'til), r. [Also pastel; < OF. poxtiltn- 
= Sp. postilar = Pg. postttlar = It. postillare, < 
ML. postillare, write a postil: see postil, .] 
I. intrans. To write or deliver a postil. 
To postrll vpon a kyry. Skelton, Colyn Cloute, 1. 7.V.. 
U. trans. To explain or illustrate by a pos- 
til. 
I doe remember to haue scene long since a book of ac- 
compt of Kmpson's that . . . was in some places postilletl 
In the margent with the King's hand. 
Bacon, Hist Hen. VII., p. 211. 
postiler, postiller (pos'til-er), . [< poxtn + 
-er 1 .] One who writes or delivers a postil. 
Shew yourselves skilful workmen, such as have been 
brought up not only in morals of the heathen, subtilties 
of schoolmen, sentences and conceits of postitters, . . .but 
in the wholesome word of faith. 5. Ward, Sermons, p. 38. 
It hath been observed by many holy writers, commonly 
delivered by postillert and commentators. Sir T. Brmrnt. 
2. Appearing or existing after the death or postilion (pos-til'yon), M. [Formerly also pos- 
cessation of that to which its origin is due; tillion, postilion, < F. postilion (= Sp. postilion 
especially, of books, published after the death 
of the author: as, posthumous works. 
'I In' sufficiency of Christian immortality frustrates all 
earthly glory, and the quality of either state after death 
makes a folly of posthumous memory. 
Sir T. Browne, Urn-burial, v. 
= Pg. postilliao = It. postiglione), a postilion, 
(.paste, post: see posft, .] It. A post-boy; 
one who rides a post-horse; a guide or fore- 
runner. 
The desire of post humous fame and the dread of posthu- 
mous reproach and execration are feelings from the influ- 
ence of which scarcely any man is perfectly free. 
Macaulay, Mill on Government, 
II. H. A posthumous child. [Rare.] 
My brother Thomas was a posthumous, as being born 
some weeks after bis father's death. 
iMTd Herbert of Chrrlmry, Life (ed. Howells), p. T.2. 
posthumously (pos'tu-mus-li), <?'. After one's 
death ; especially, a'fter an author's death. 
The third [edition], however, appeared poxthumougly. 
Science, III. 390. 
postict (pos'tik), a. [< li.posticus, hinder, back, 
posterior, < pvxt, after: see post 6 .] Posterior 
or hinder. 
The pmtick and backward position of the feminine parts 
in quadrupedcs. Sir T. Browne, Vulg. Err., 111. 17. 
postiche (pos-tesh'), a. [< F. pastiche = Sp. 
posti;o = Pg. postiCfO, < It. pasticcio, super- 
added, for nppostiffio, appositiccio, < L. appo- 
situs, pp. of (ipponerc, superadd, put beside, < 
ad, to, T ponere, place : see position. Cf. appo- 
site.] Superadded; done after the work is fin- 
ished: not in); a superadded ornament of sculp- 
ture or architecture, especially when inappro- 
priate or in false taste. Also postique. 
posticous (pos-ti'kus), a. [< L. postictis, hinder, 
back: see postic.] In Iio1., hinder; back, (a) In 
an Inflorescence, posterior; toward the axis. (6) Kxtrorse : 
said of an adnate anther, the stamen being regarded as 
facing the axis. 
post '.cum (pos-ti'kum), n. [L. (> It. postico = 
Sp. Pg.poxtigo), a back door; prop. neut. of pos- 
ticus, hinder, back, posterior: see postic.] 1. 
A back door; a postern. 2. The term used by 
Vitruvius, and adopted from him in English*, 
for the open vestibule of an ancient temple in 
the rear of the cella, corresponding to the pro- 
naos at the front of the temple. In Greek archi- 
tecture the proper name for this feature is opisOwdomos. 
It has also been called epinaos. See cut under oputkodo- 
mot, and compare anlifuin. 
3. Kcclex., a reredos. 
postil (pos'til), w. [Also poHtle, and formerly 
nautili; < VS.pottWe, < OF. (and F.) pastille = 
Sp. pontila = Pr. Pg. It. postilla = D. itostil = 
(i. inintille = 8w. postilla = Dan. postille,< ML. 
puftilln, a marginal note in a Bible, a gloss in 
addition, < li.post ilia: pout, after; iMn, nent.pl. 
of tilt, that.] 1. A note or comment on some 
passage of Scripture, written in the margin of 
a Bible, and so called because it followed the 
text; any explanatory remark or comment on 
the text of the Bible; hence, any marginal 
note. 
The said Langton also made pottilt vpon the whole bible. 
fan. Martyrs, p. 248. 
This wss the main Substance of his Majesty's late Let- 
ter; yet there was a PatU added, that, In acaseaKuptiin- 
happen 'twlxt the two Crowns, the Earl should not come 
Instantly and abruptly away. llovrlt, Letters, I. Ill 12. 
Albeit you be upon an Island, and I now upon the Con- 
tinent (tho' the lowest part of Europe), yet those swift 
Postilion*, my Thoughts, flnd you out daily and bring you 
unto me. llmrrll, Letters, I. i. 8. 
2. One who rides the near horse of the leaders 
when four or more horses are used in a carriage 
or post-chaise, or who rides the near horse 
when one pair only is used and there is no driver 
on the box. 
The coachman, however, did not drive all six, one of 
the leaders being always ridden by a postilion. 
J. Ashton, .Social Life In Beign of Queen Anne, II. 173. 
3. Same as postilion-btisque. 
postilion-basque (pos-til'yon -bask), . A 
woman's basque having its skirt cut at the 
back into short square tabs or coat-tails, after 
the fashion of a postilion's coat, 
postilion-belt (pos-til'yon-belt), n. A leather 
belt with a large buckle, worn by ladies about 
1860. 
postilioness (poa-til'yon-es), n. [< postilion + 
-ess.] A female postilion. [Rare.] 
At Vik, where we found the same simple and honest 
race of people, we parted with the pnttillionft* and with 
our host of Kettbo. B. Taylor, Northern Travels, p. 423. 
postilizet (pos'til-iz), v. t. [< pimtil + -ize.] 
Same as postil. 
Postiliziny the whole doctrine of Duns Scotns. 
Wood, Athene Oxon., I. 9. 
postillate (pos'til-at), v. ; pret. and pp. postu- 
lated, ppr. postulating. [< ML. postillatus, pp. 
of postillare, postil, write postils: see postil, r.] 
I. intrans. To write or deliver a postil. 
II. trans. To explain or illustrate by a postil. 
postillation (pos-ti-la'shon), . [= Sp. posti- 
lacion, < ML. postillatio(n-), postillation, < pos- 
tillare, pp. postillatus, postillate: see postulate.] 
The act of writing or delivering a postil, or of 
explaining or illustrating by a postil. 
postillator (pos'ti-la-tor), M. [*mSp,pottOador 
= Pg. pontillador = It. postillatore, < ML. pns- 
tillator, < postillare, pp. poxtillatus, postillate: 
see postulate.] One who writes or delivers a 
postil, or explains or illustrates by a postil. 
postiller, n. Seepoxtilcr. 
postillion, n. See postilion. 
postimet, . An obsolete form of apoftt-ui. 
posting-house (pos'ting-hous), . A house or 
hotel where post-horses are kept. 
posting-inn (pos'ting-in), . Same M poxtiuii- 
lionxr. l/arpi-r'n Mag., LXXIX. 628. 
postique (pos-tek'), a. Same as pnxtirhr. 
postischial (post-is'ki-al), a. [< L. post, be- 
hind, + Nl,. /.// iiini. -"see ixrhial.] Situated 
lii-lmi'l l!n- i-. 'Ilium. 
post-jack (post'jak), . An implement for lift- 
iiiK posts out of the ground, itlaa form <>f <T<> 
liar pivoted In a base piece, and having a claw which seizes 
the p.*t A'. //. K,,i : ,l,l. 
postle't, n. \Mr'...n\-tipn."til: li 
iilin.itli:] An iijHistle; a preacher. 
