postle 
postle-',". See;w/. 
postle-spoont, . Same as apostle-spoon. 
postlimmary, ppstliminiary (post-lim'i-na-ri, 
post-li-min'i-a-ri), a. [< postliminy + -a'cy.] 
post-oak 
- "- QVUV* i** \ ^r^rtfti nun <ii -jiru *~~i pi/i W6 W6C6 CtUT(6Q fldltlOIUU pOtt-tltOHf]/ tOf twP circuit! 
a. I he chief executive head of the MMU1 AM wc were obliged to make to keep oar runners on the snow, 
telegraphic systems of Great Britain, or of the * Tu * lar - Northern Travel, p. UK. 
postal system of the United States. In Great Ppst-morning (post'mor'ning), . The morn- 
Britain the postmaster-general Is often a member of the ' u g of a post-day. Sterne, Tristram Shandy, 
I r - m m, i or involv^ 3Xt.t2^ fl""' h f-Tse. aut ho^y ov .lithe dep.^^^ vi^-i 
rrmnng to or involving the right of post- the postal system, including money orders. saving,, DO8t , n 
liminv. 
Wootaey, Introd. to Inter. Law, ( 247. 
postliminiart (post-li-min'i-Sr), a. Same as 
pogtltminary. 
It may l>e said that It Is possible the soul may be rap't 
from this terrestrial body, and carried toweiuote and dis- 
taut places, from whence she may make a pottliminiar re- 
1 Insurances, and annuities. The 
postmaster-general 
niu-r of the cabinet 
'ter-jen'e- 
ral-shjp), . [< pontmaster + general + -tihip^] 
T ' 10 "fc' e "' a postmaster-general. 
postmastership (post'mas'ter-ship), /. [< 
poxt>nantcr + Wiip.] The office of a postraas- 
, tt>r ; lso, the time during which a postmaster 
holds office. 
post-mortem faM-mArtem), . and n. [< L. 
post mortcin, after death: jxutt, after; mortem, 
ace. of morg, death: see !;('. J I. . Sub-c- 
queut to death: as, a post-mortem examination 
of the body ; ptwt-morU-m changes. 
It (Hawaii! Douglas's poetry) Is a mere bill of parcels, a 
pmt-morlriH Inventory of nature, where Imagination Is not 
merely not called for, but would be out of place. 
l."iirtl. Among my Books, id ser., 131. 
II. . A post-mortem examination; an ex- 
i as postliniinary. 
postliminium (post-li-min'i-um), n. 
poHtlimini/.] Same as postliminy. ponti 
postliminy (post-lim'i-ni), H. [= Sp. Pg. It. taini 
postlimiiiio, < L. pimtliiiiiniiiiii, < ;w 
. 
[L.: see postinediastinal (post-rae-di-as'ti-nal) a [< 
' 
liiiit-ii (liniin-), threshold : see limit.] 1. 
until/., the return of a person who had been ban 
ished, or taken prisoner by an enemy, 
condition and former privileges. 2. 
Occurring after death; post-mortem: 
pret. and 
To I. Mil 
direct ob- 
from the vessel where they are confined, .". .cannot be 
recaptured, since they enjoy the benefit of the right of 
puMinmy. Wootsey, Introd. to Inter. Law, $ 14,'.. 
post-line (post'lin), . A railway constructed 
upon posts, usually of wrought iron, which sup- 
port stringers and cross-ties upon which the 
mils are laid and fastened; an elevated railway. 
postlude (post'lud), n. [< L. pout, after, + lu- 
'/.-, play, < ludere, play.] In music, an organ- 
piece at the end of a church service ; a conclud- 
ing voluntary: correlated with prcliule and I'H- 
/' I'htde. 
postman 1 (post'man), n. [< poxfl + mini.] A 
barrister in the Court of Exchequer in England, 
now merged in High Court of Justice, who had 
precedence in motions : so called from the place 
where he sat. The postman was one of the two most 
experienced barristers In the court, the other being called 
the tulmian. 
ring after the sun has passed the meridian ; of PJ> stnasa l (post-na'zal),n. [< mwr/mwH* + -/.J 
fternoon. Posterior, with reference to the nose, nostrils, 
or pertaining to the afterno 
Ovcr-hasty digestion 
nerulian sleep. 
II. a. I. The afternoon. 
'Twas 
is the inconvenience of patt- 
Itncon, Nat. Hist, f !>'. 
or nasal passages : as, the ii 
palate-bone. 
Htnatial spine of the 
was poat-nwridfon halt-past four 
Ky algnid I from Nancy parted. C. Ititxtin 
postnasus (post-na'sus), H. [NL., < L. pott, 
behind, + ntixtix = E. nowl.] A division of 
the olypeus of many insects, including the 
upper part with extensions down the sides: 
now commonly called xuprarlypi-ns. Kirhy iiml 
" >c Her, 
2. In the nomenclature suggested by H. I). 
Rogers for the Paleozoic rocks of Pennsylvania, , 
the equivalent of the Corniferous and Cauda- postnatal (post-nn'tal), n. [< I,. //, after, 
gallidivisions of the New York survey, or that + <, born: see"iirt/rt/l.] Subsequent to 
l>art of the Devonian series which lies between birth : as. a poKtxattil disease, 
the Oriskany sandstone and the Hamilton postnatet (post 'mil), a. [< ML. postHiitu*. 
K r ""l'- l)oni after, younger (> OP. piiigne, > E. puny* ), 
post meridiem (post me-rid'i-em). [L. : see < L. punt, after, 4- >iatu#, born: see natal. Cf. 
postmeridian.] After midday: applied to the puisne, puny!.] Subsequent to birth or occur- 
time between noon and midnight, 
abbreviated P. M., P. M., or p. m. 
In the courts of exchequer, two of the most experienced postmeridional (p6st-mc-rid'i-on-al), a. [< 
postmeridian, after meridional.] " Same as pont- 
, 
barristers, called thep<rf-7naii and the tub-man (from the 
in mo- 
note. 
places In which they sit), have also a precedence I 
tions. BiacJtstoite, Com., III. 111., 
postman- (post'man), w.; pi. postmen (-men). 
[< post- + man.] If. A post; a messenger; a 
courier; one who rides post. 
The Pout-Man was in the Fault that you have had no 
Letters from me. 
JV. Bailey, tr. of Colloquies of Erasmus, I. 117. 
2. A mail-carrier. 
The postman coming along, and knowing her well 
enough, stopped and gave her the letter he had for her. 
W. Black, In Far Lochaber, xix. 
General postman. See general. 
postmark (post'mark), M. The mark or stamp 
of a post-office placed on a letter, paper, card, 
or package sent through the mail; an official 
of sending or the place and date of receipt. 
" Toar ^" ridnal 
tatus, " we will regale with a supernumerary compotatlon 
of convivial ale." Campbell, Leslphanea, p. (i. 
post-mill (post'mil), M. A form of windmill 
so constructed that the whole fabric rests on a 
vertical axis, and can be turned by means of a 
letters, etc. 
postmaster (po.st'mas'ter), w. [== D. ]>oxtmeea- 
In- = Q.o8tmeiter = aw. oatmastarom Dan. 
Regularly rence; appearing or occurring later. 
Of these (pretended prophecies) some were prutnatr, 
cunningly made after the thing came to pasa 
Fuller, Ch. Hist, VI. Ir. ?. 
The graces and gifts of the Spirit are pmtnate, and are 
additions to art and nature. 
Jtr. Taylor, Works (ed. IMS), II. a. 
postnatus (post-na'tus), n. ; pi. pofttnati (-tj). 
[ML.: see iM>*tnatr.] In laic: (a) The second 
son. (li) One born after a particular event: 
as, one born in the United States after the Dec- 
lever according as the direction of the wind 
varies. It thus differs from the smock mill, of which 
the cap (including the gudgeon and pivot-bearings rest- 
ing upon it) turns. 
postmillenarian (post-inil-e-na'ri-an), n. [< 
ii, post, after, + NL. millennium, millennium: 
see milleiiarian.] A believer in the doctrine of Post-Nicene (ppst-ni'sen), a. [< L. pout, after, 
postmillennialism. + Xiarniu, Nicene: see XireMe.] After the 
first general council held at Nice, A. n. 325: as, 
poHt-Xifmr Christianity. See Xicenf. fejt\- 
Nlcene fathers. Hee/aOteftof the church, under father. 
n'i-al), a. [< L POS^-night (post'nit), . The evening of a post- 
al, millennium: see ^ - 
iiiilloniiiil.] Relating to what may occur in the .. u 'if t ? K JF??~, n ' i ' u - l wrote to my Lord to give him no- 
eriod following the millennium. Princeton _" '""^ "-Ing. are well. ^ Pepy,, Diary, I. 103. 
Hotel.] 
. e aes aer e ec- 
laration of Independence (1776) is a i>oxt>iatiin ; 
upoKtntttuH in Scotland is one bom in that coun- 
try after the accession (1603) of James VI. to 
the English throne as James I. Compare anle- 
nali Case Of the POStnatL See Calrin'i ur, under 
= <.. /i-wfwwter = 8w. post miistare = Dun . ft^. March, 1879, p 4'>.-> post-note 1 (post'not), n. [< po*P + n 
HMr; MBO*? + masted.] 1. The offi- p OS t m iilennialism(p6st-mi-len'i-al-izm),. [< S 81 "* ** postal note. See postal. 
cial who has charge of a post-station and pro- " illcnilill , + _^ n ^ Thc docfrine th ' attne post-note- (iwst'not), n. [< L. post, 
% Has post-horses, etc. second coming of Christ will follow the milieu- ( P' 5 ), * E. notfl.] A note issued 
After the first stage, she had been indebted to the port- 
route. .1,1,1. Austen, Northanger Abbey, xiv. 
2. The official who has the superintendence and 
second coming of Christ 
nium. 
postmillennialist (post-mi-len'i-al-ist), . [< 
l>mtn illfini 1/4 '. i > imi M pa ' '" ' . 
I'riiii-rlon Her., Man-h 1S79, p. 419. 
after 
by a 
bank, payable at some future time, and not on 
uptial (post-nup'shal), a. [< L.pot 
after. + niiptiir, nuptials: see nuptial.] Bein 
*. xueuiuciai wno uas ine suiiennteiKience aim "~i*Tl .!,.: />,.... 
genc-ral direction of a post-office, of the receipt postminimufl (post-min'i-mus), H. ; p\ po*tmi,,i- pr marnage : as, a , H ,*t- H ,,pt,a< 
iiiul ili-sifitch of mails i etc i n th IT,,I,I (. "" (-roi). [NL.. < L. ftost, after, + minimum ! ni''iit on a wile. 
0*. <ii,,iti,), the little Onger: see minin,,,,,,.] POSt-oak (pwfok), . An oak-tree, <>.,, 
all those receiving $1,000 or over annually are appointed 
by the President : all who receive under that sum are ap- 
pointed by the I'ostmastcr-iicneral. Abbreviated P. M. 
All those that will send letters to the most parts of the 
An additional little finger or little toe of some 
mammals, on the ulnar or fibular side of the 
hand or foot, opposite to the prepollex or pre- 
ofourKf r ofOreat Brit hallux - Proc. Zool. Soc. Lod., ]HM. V . "XQ. 
am sijominions- let tliem repair to the ttmtnl Po* MM- postmistress (post'mis'tres), n. [< /.-/-' + 
trr Thomas Withering, at his house in Sherhurne Lane. mistress.] A woman who has charge of mails 
John Taylor (Arber's Eng. Garner, I. 248). or of a post-office. 
3. In Merlon < 'ollege, Oxford, n scholar who is post-money (post'mun'n, ". The charge made 
supported on the foundation. Also called por- for the use of post-horses; cost of posting <>r 
traveling post. 
It grows In sandy or barren tolls through- 
out a (Treat part of the eastern half of the t'nlted stairs 
and especially In Texas. It grows to a height of 70 feet ; 
the wood Is hard, clone grained, and very durable in con- 
tact with the soil, and Is largely used, especially In the 
southwest, for fencing, mllnmd-tles, fuel, etc. Also called 
iron oat and rouyh or bnz u-hite oat. 
All the way from Hopiileton merely pott-oat and sands. 
IT. If. Baiter, N, w Timothy, p. 51. 
Swamp post-oak, a tr.'e. Quenut liirata. of deep river- 
swamp* in iln- ...inlii-rn Tinted states, especially In the 
valley of the Red Rhernnd adjacent regions, but extend- 
