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▪ I. posted, a.|ˈpəʊstɪd|
[f. post n.1 + -ed2.]
Furnished with or having posts. Also in comb., as four-posted (see four C. 2).
1572Abp. Parker Corr. (Parker Soc.) 412 This shop..is made like the terrace, fair railed and posted, fit for men to stand upon in any triumph or shew. 1614Inv. in Trans. Cumb. & West. Arch. Soc. III. 115 One posted bedd with teaster and curtaines. 1798Hull Advertiser 17 Nov. 2/2 A good and substantial wind corn posted mill. 1828Life Planter Jamaica 35 The furniture consisted of a table and a chair, with a posted bed.
▪ II. ˈposted, ppl. a.1
[f. post v.1 + -ed1.]
†1. Sent or gone away quickly like a post; departed quickly. Obs.
1602Munday tr. Palmerin of Eng. i. i, To recount thy posted pleasure and also to thinke on thy present ensuing paine.
2. Carried by or sent through the post; placed in a post-office letter-box for dispatch.
1845McCulloch Taxation ii. vii. (1852) 318 There has been a great increase in the number of posted letters.
3. Entered in a ledger or account-book.
1771Luckombe Hist. Print. 268 Full-points serve..to lead and to connect the posted Article with its contingent valuation.
▪ III. ˈposted, ppl. a.2
[f. post v.2 + -ed1.]
Cut into the form of a post; ‘squared’: see post v.2 1.
▪ IV. ˈposted, ppl. a.3
[f. post v.3 + -ed1.]
1. Set in position, stationed, arranged.
1796Instr. & Reg. Cavalry (1813) 144 The point where the head of a column enters an alignement, and which is marked by a posted person. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. 190 We drove under some posted field-batteries into Basle.
2. Pasted or fixed up in a prominent place, as a public notice.
1897Daily News 8 June 3/3 The posted announcement that the ‘jumping competitions would begin at three o'clock’ brought numbers on to the grassy banks. 1898Ibid. 10 May 6/6 The posted certificate at the booking-office [of the Alhambra]..ordered the dancer complete rest ‘for her voice’. |