PPage 489
- English Word Possessory Definition Of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord.
- English Word Posset Definition A beverage composed of hot milk curdled by some strong infusion, as by wine, etc., -- much in favor formerly.
- English Word Posset Definition To curdle; to turn, as milk; to coagulate; as, to posset the blood.
- English Word Posset Definition To treat with possets; to pamper.
- English Word Posseted Definition of Posset
- English Word Posseting Definition of Posset
- English Word Possibilities Definition of Possibility
- English Word Possibility Definition The quality or state of being possible; the power of happening, being, or existing.
- English Word Possibility Definition That which is possible; a contingency; a thing or event that may not happen; a contingent interest, as in real or personal estate.
- English Word Possible Definition Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of; able to happen; capable of being done; not contrary to the nature of things; -- sometimes used to express extreme improbability; barely able to be, or to come to pass; as, possibly he is honest, as it is possible that Judas meant no wrong.
- English Word Possibly Definition In a possible manner; by possible means; especially, by extreme, remote, or improbable intervention, change, or exercise of power; by a chance; perhaps; as, possibly he may recover.
- English Word Possum Definition An opossum.
- English Word Post Definition Hired to do what is wrong; suborned.
- English Word Post Definition 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.
- English Word Post Definition The doorpost of a victualer's shop or inn, on which were chalked the scores of customers; hence, a score; a debt.
- English Word Post Definition The place at which anything is stopped, placed, or fixed; a station.
- English Word Post Definition A station, or one of a series of stations, established for the refreshment and accommodation of travelers on some recognized route; as, a stage or railway post.
- English Word Post Definition A military station; the place at which a soldier or a body of troops is stationed; also, the troops at such a station.
- English Word Post Definition The piece of ground to which a sentinel's walk is limited.
- English Word Post Definition A messenger who goes from station; an express; especially, one who is employed by the government to carry letters and parcels regularly from one place to another; a letter carrier; a postman.