Noun

(en noun)

A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground; a fence post; a light post

(construction) a stud; a two-by-four

A pole in a battery

(dentistry) A long, narrow piece inserted into a root canal to provide retention for a crown.

a prolonged final melody note, among moving harmony notes

(paper, printing) A printing paper size measuring 19.25 inches x 15.5 inches

(sports) goalpost

* {{quote-news

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(obsolete) The doorpost of a victualler's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.

* S. Rowlands

When God sends coin / I will discharge your post .

Noun

(en noun)

(obsolete) Each of a series of men stationed at specific places along a postroad, with responsibility for relaying letters and dispatches of the monarch (and later others) along the route.

(dated) A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travellers on some recognized route.

a stage or railway post

A military base; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.

* Archbishop Abbot

In certain places there be always fresh posts , to carry that further which is brought unto them by the other.

* Shakespeare

I fear my Julia would not deign my lines, / Receiving them from such a worthless post .

* 2011 , Thomas Penn, Winter King , Penguin 2012, p. 199:

information was filtered through the counting-houses and warehouses of Antwerp; posts galloped along the roads of the Low Countries, while dispatches streamed through Calais, and were passed off the merchant galleys arriving in London from the Flanders ports.

An organisation for delivering letters, parcels etc., or the service provided by such an organisation.

sent via ''post'''; ''parcel '''post

* Alexander Pope

I send you the fair copy of the poem on dullness, which I should not care to hazard by the common post .

A single delivery of letters; the letters or deliveries that make up a single batch delivered to one person or one address.

A message posted in an electronic forum.

A location on a basketball court near the basket.

(American football) A moderate to deep passing route in which a receiver runs 10-20 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts) at a 45-degree angle.

Two of the receivers ran post patterns.

(obsolete) Haste or speed, like that of a messenger or mail carrier.

* Shakespeare

In post he came.

(obsolete) One who has charge of a station, especially a postal station.

* Palfrey

He held office of postmaster, or, as it was then called, post , for several years.

Noun

(en noun)

An assigned station; a guard post.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-08, volume=407, issue=8839, page=52, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= The new masters and commanders , passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts . For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}

An appointed position in an organization.

* {{quote-news, year=2011, date=December 14, author=Angelique Chrisafis, work=Guardian

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Noun

Any one of four equal parts into which something has been divided.

(US, Canada) A coin worth 25 cents (1/4 of a dollar).

A period of three consecutive months (1/4 of a year).

A section or area (of a town, etc.).

(uncountable) Accommodation granted to a defeated opponent

* 1955 , J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King , HarperCollinsPublishers (2007), p. 1110.

Hard fighting and long labour they had still; for the Southrons were bold men and grim, and fierce in despair, and the Easterlings were strong and war-hardened and asked for no quarter .

An old English measure of corn, containing 8 bushels.

* 1882 , James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England , volume 4, p. 204.

One of these is 1 Hen. V, cap. 10, defining the quarter of corn to be eight struck bushels, and putting fines on purveyors who take more.

An old English measure of cloth, nine inches or four nails

(historical) Each of the four divisions or watches of a twelve-hour night.

* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark VI:

And aboute the fourth quartre of the nyght, he cam unto them, walkinge apon the see [...].

(heraldiccharge) A charge made up of a quarter of the shield, larger than a canton, and normally on the upper dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top meeting a horizontal line from the side.

That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin.

* 1877 , (Anna Sewell), (Black Beauty) Chapter 23[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Black_Beauty/23]

...at last she kicked right over the carriage pole and fell down, after giving me a severe blow on my near quarter .

(nautical) The aftmost part of a vessel's side, roughly from the last mast to the stern.

(obsolete) Friendship; amity; concord.

* Shakespeare

In quarter , and in terms like bride and groom.

* Francis Bacon

I knew two that were competitors for the secretary's place, and yet kept good quarter between themselves.

A quartermaster sergeant; a quartermaster.

* 1925 , (Ford Madox Ford), No More Parades'', Penguin 2012 (''Parade's End ), p. 360:

Tietjens said: ‘Send the Canadian sergeant-major to me at the double….’ to the quarter .