| 单词 | handpost |
| 释义 | > as lemmashandpost handpost n. now rare = fingerpost n. 1b. 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 1764 (title of Act) Act for amending, widening, and keeping in repair, several roads..from the Birches Brook to the Hand Post, in the parish of Kemberton. 1791 J. Hampson Mem. J. Wesley III. 101 A clergyman is like a hand-post; if he shew the way, it is not necessary he should walk in it himself. 1824 Sporting Mag. Feb. 279/2 My horse broke down just after the check at the handpost, and I had an agreeable walk home. 1919 T. Hardy in Fortn. Rev. Dec. 802 Why go any road now? White stands the handpost for brisk onbearers. 2003 K. M. Srinivasa Gowda tr. P. Tējasvi Story of my Environment 170 ‘Sir, I got bitten by a dog at the Handpost. I had to take injections,’ he said. < as lemmas |
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