Word Meanings - BROADSIDE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter. 2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time. 3. A volley of abuse or denunciation.
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- POSTERO
- (posterior, back; as, postero-inferior, situated back and below; postero-lateral, situated back and at the side. - POSTERITY
1. The race that proceeds from a progenitor; offspring to the furthest generation; the aggregate number of persons who are descended from an ancestor of a generation; descendants; -- contrasted with ancestry; as, the posterity of Abraham. If - POSTERIORLY
Subsequently in time; also, behind in position. - POSTERIORITY
The state of being later or subsequent; as, posteriority of time, or of an event; -- opposed to priority. - PLACARD
An extra plate on the lower part of the breastplate or backplate. Planché. 5. Etym: (more info) tablet; probably from Dutch, cf. D. plakken to paste, post up, plak a 1. A public proclamation; a manifesto or edict issued by authority. All placards - POSTERIORS
The hinder parts, as of an animal's body. Swift. - BROADSIDE
The side of a ship above the water line, from the bow to the quarter. 2. A discharge of or from all the guns on one side of a ship, at the same time. 3. A volley of abuse or denunciation. - POSTER
1. A large bill or placard intended to be posted in public places. 2. One who posts bills; a billposter. - POSTERN
A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks. Mahan. (more info) 1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance; hence, any small door or gate. He by - HANDBILL
1. A loose, printed sheet, to be distributed by hand. 2. A pruning hook. - POSTERIOR
At or toward the caudal extremity; caudal; -- in human anatomy often used for dorsal. (more info) 1. Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior. Hesiod was posterior to Homer. Broome. 2. - HYPOSTERNUM
See HYPOPLASTRON - BILLPOSTER; BILLSTICKER
One whose occupation is to post handbills or posters in public places. - PREPOSTEROUS
1. Having that first which ought to be last; inverted in order. The method I take may be censured as preposterous, because I thus treat last of the antediluvian earth, which was first in the order of nature. Woodward. 2. Contrary to nature - A POSTERIORI
Characterizing that kind of reasoning which derives propositions from the observation of facts, or by generalizations from facts arrives at principles and definitions, or infers causes from effects. This is the reverse of a priori reasoning. - FOUR-POSTER
A large bedstead with tall posts at the corners to support curtains.