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Definition of Posey
1. posy [adj POSIER, POSIEST] - See also: posy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Posey
Literary usage of Posey
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Appeals and Court of by South Carolina Court of Appeals, South Carolina Court of Errors (1849)
"Addison F. posey, the executor of the will of Martha posey, deceased, ...
It appeared on said trial, that Martha posey, when she signed the paper produced ..."
2. Governors Messages and Letters by Indiana Governor, Logan Esarey (1922)
"1814, November 12 posey to Sec. of War Concerning Indians PAGE on frontier 665
1814, November 12 Barron to posey Indians around Vin- cennes (Fragment) 666 ..."
3. Indiana Magazine of History by Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State Library (1909)
"For the will of Thomas posey, mentioning- these slaves, see Indiana Quarterly
... KNOW all men by these presents that I Thomas posey executor of the ..."
4. The Laryngoscope by American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (1908)
"Edited by WILLIAM CAMPBELL posey, MD, Surgeon to Wills Eye Hospital, ... Under the
able editorship of Dr. William Campbell posey, of Philadelphia, ..."
5. A History of Illinois, from Its Commencement as a State in 1818 to 1847 by Thomas Ford, James Shields (1854)
"posey marches to Fort Hamilton—Generals Henry and Alexander, and Major Dodge, to
Fort Winnebago—Gen. Atkinson remained behind to build a fort—Description of ..."
6. The Writings of George Washington by George Washington (1891)
"posey' a year's schooling to fit him for some of the better occupations of
life :—to do this, I agreed to pay his board also, both of which together, ..."
7. Letters to Washington, and Accompanying Papers by George Washington (1901)
"BOUCHER posey, I hear, is in Prison Bounds. SIR, FROM CAPTAIN JOHN posey.
QUEENS TOWN, May 25* 1771 I wrote you Last month, when I was at the Pro- ..."
8. The Bench and Bar of Georgia: Memoirs and Sketches: Memoirs and Sketches by Stephen Franks Miller (1858)
"In 1799, he entered the school of Mr. posey, with whom he remained three years ;
and then, Mareh 4, 1802, with his elder brother, Williams Rutherford, ..."
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