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单词 liberty post
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liberty post
liberty post n. Obsolete a post marking the boundary of a city's liberties (sense 6c(b)).
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > edge, border, or margin > boundary > [noun] > land-boundary > boundary mark > post > specific
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1647 N. Nye Art of Gunnery ii. 50 The liberty post standing amongst the desolate ruines of Fore-gate street.
1764 V. Green Surv. Worcester xvii. 235 The water engine..is an invention of great utility to the inhabitants of the city, by conveying soft water to its remotest parts, from the Liberty post in the Foregate-street to the College grates, and eastwards to Silver-street and New-street.
1856 J. Noake Notes & Queries for Worcs. 84 At other times they were whipped from the bridge to the liberty-post in St. John's.
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