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† ˈby-post Obs.
Also 8 bye-.
[f. by- 3 a, 4, 5 + post.]
1. In a building: A side post, a door post.
1535Coverdale Ezek. xli. 21 The bypostes of the temple were foure squared.
2. Service of horses for travelling on cross-roads. Dispatch of letters by cross-roads, or by a post subsidiary to the regular mail.
1593in Municipal Acc. Newcastle (1848) 29 Paide to John Carr, post, for keeping horses for by-poste, 2s. 8d. 1720Lond. Gaz. No. 5910/3 The Dispatch of the Bye-Post between Chester and York. 1766Wilkes Corr. (1805) III. 174, I have now, by the bye-post, an opportunity of just saying that I am well. |