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postern
(encz) | postern,postranní vchod n: Kamil Páral |
Postern
(gcide) | Postern \Pos"tern\, a.
Back; being behind; private. "The postern door." --Dryden.
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Postern
(gcide) | Postern \Pos"tern\, n. [OF. posterne, posterle, F. poterne, fr.
L. posterula, fr. posterus coming after. See Posterior.]
1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance;
hence, any small door or gate.
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He by a privy postern took his flight. --Spenser.
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Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. --Shak.
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2. (Fort.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the
parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the
interior of the outworks. --Mahan.
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postern
(wn) | postern
n 1: a small gate in the rear of a fort or castle |
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Hyposterna
(gcide) | Hyposternum \Hy`po*ster"num\, n.; pl. L. Hyposterna, E.
Hyposternums. [Pref. hypo- + sternum.] (Anat.)
See Hypoplastron. Hypostome |
hyposternum
(gcide) | Hypoplastron \Hy`po*plas"tron\, n.; pl. Hypoplastra. [Pref.
hypo- + plastron.] (Anat.)
The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called
also hyposternum.
[1913 Webster]Hyposternum \Hy`po*ster"num\, n.; pl. L. Hyposterna, E.
Hyposternums. [Pref. hypo- + sternum.] (Anat.)
See Hypoplastron. Hypostome |
Hyposternum
(gcide) | Hypoplastron \Hy`po*plas"tron\, n.; pl. Hypoplastra. [Pref.
hypo- + plastron.] (Anat.)
The third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles; -- called
also hyposternum.
[1913 Webster]Hyposternum \Hy`po*ster"num\, n.; pl. L. Hyposterna, E.
Hyposternums. [Pref. hypo- + sternum.] (Anat.)
See Hypoplastron. Hypostome |
Hyposternums
(gcide) | Hyposternum \Hy`po*ster"num\, n.; pl. L. Hyposterna, E.
Hyposternums. [Pref. hypo- + sternum.] (Anat.)
See Hypoplastron. Hypostome |
Postern
(gcide) | Postern \Pos"tern\, a.
Back; being behind; private. "The postern door." --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]Postern \Pos"tern\, n. [OF. posterne, posterle, F. poterne, fr.
L. posterula, fr. posterus coming after. See Posterior.]
1. Originally, a back door or gate; a private entrance;
hence, any small door or gate.
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He by a privy postern took his flight. --Spenser.
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Out at the postern, by the abbey wall. --Shak.
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2. (Fort.) A subterraneous passage communicating between the
parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the
interior of the outworks. --Mahan.
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