| 单词 | handing-post |
| 释义 | > as lemmashanding-post handing-post n. chiefly English regional (southern, south-western, and west midlands) and now rare = fingerpost n. 1b; cf. handpost n. at hand n. Compounds 6. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > [noun] > that which guides or leads > signpost or stone Mercury's finger1589 signpost1597 mercurial statue1638 way-post1647 mercury1668 mercury's statue1684 mercurial stone1716 waywiser1725 guide-post1761 cross in the hands1762 fingerpost1762 guide stone1762 handpost1764 parson1785 fingerboard1793 direction-post1795 guide-board1810 signboard1829 handing-post1837 directing-post1876 1837 W. Baxter Brit. Phænogamous Bot. III. Pl. 165 On the side of the upper street road between Rugby and Hillmorton, after the turn to the Handing-post. 1908 Windsor Mag. 28 420/1 A unique ‘handing-post’ on Broadway Hill points the way ‘To Gloster’, ‘To Woster’, and other places. 1973 ‘A. Bridge’ Julia in Ireland v. 93 A handing-post at a turning to the right indicated the road to Lettersall. < as lemmas |
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