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 Post, n.
 1. A piece of timber, metal, or other solid substance, fixed, or to be fixed, firmly in an upright position, especially when intended as a stay or support to something else; a pillar; as, a hitching post; a fence post; the posts of a house.
    They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper doorpost of the houses.   --Ex. xii. 7.
 Then by main force pulled up, and on his shoulders bore,
 The gates of Azza, post and massy bar.   --Milton.
    Unto his order he was a noble post.   --Chaucer.
 Note: ☞ Post, in the sense of an upright timber or strut, is used in composition, in such words as king-post, queen-post, crown-post, gatepost, etc.
 2. The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt. [Obs.]
 When God sends coin
 I will discharge your post.   --S. Rowlands.
 From pillar to post. See under Pillar.
 Knight of the post. See under Knight.
 Post hanger Mach., a bearing for a revolving shaft, adapted to be fastened to a post.
 Post hole, a hole in the ground to set the foot of a post in.
 Post mill, a form of windmill so constructed that the whole fabric rests on a vertical axis firmly fastened to the ground, and capable of being turned as the direction of the wind varies.
 Post and stall Coal Mining, a mode of working in which pillars of coal are left to support the roof of the mine.

 Stall n.
 1. A stand; a station; a fixed spot; hence, the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed; the division of a stable, or the compartment, for one horse, ox, or other animal. “In an oxes stall.”
 2. A stable; a place for cattle.
    At last he found a stall where oxen stood.   --Dryden.
 3. A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale; as, a butcher's stall; a bookstall.
 4. A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.
    How peddlers' stalls with glittering toys are laid.   --Gay.
 5. A seat in the choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy.  It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides.  The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving.
    The dignified clergy, out of humility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls.   --Bp. Warburton.
    Loud the monks sang in their stalls.   --Longfellow.
 6. In the theater, a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.
 7. Mining The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post.
 8. A covering or sheath, as of leather, horn, of iron, for a finger or thumb; a cot; as, a thumb stall; a finger stall.
 Stall reader, one who reads books at a stall where they are exposed for sale.
 Cries the stall reader, “Bless us! what a word on
 A titlepage is this!”    --Milton.