Lexicographical Neighbors of Footpost
Literary usage of Footpost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annals of Cambridge by Charles Henry Cooper, John William Cooper (1908)
"At Cambridge a footpost to be provided, with a knowne badge of his Majesties Arms,
... The lettres that the said footpost shall then and there receive, ..."
2. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1861)
"Thus circumstanced, the woman is to bend forward and grasp firmly tlie footpost
of the bed ; should there be none, then the waist of an attendant, ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1861)
"... and slightly promoted by the traction of the oblique cord, there may be a
block, two inches thick, placed under each footpost of the bed. ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"footpost, (fut'-post) ns A post or messenger that travels on foot.
FOOTSTEP, (fut'-step) n.«. Trace; track; impression left by the foot ; token ; mark. ..."
5. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1807)
"I often see him as dirty and tired as a footpost, having cat nothing all day but
a roll or two that he carries in his pocket, yet blest with such a ..."
6. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"footpost, fm'pcbt. s. A post or messenger that travels on foot. FOOTSTEP, fui step.
s. Trace, track, impression left by the foot ; token, mark ; example. ..."
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