POSTIC
Pos"tic, a. Etym: [L. posticus, fr. post after, behind.]
Defn: Backward. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
POSTICOUS Pos"ti*cous, a. Etym: [L. posticus.] (Bot.) (a) Posterior. (b) Situated on the outer side of a filament; — said of an extrorse anther.
POSTIL Pos"til, n. Etym: [F. postille, apostille, LL. postilla, probably from L. post illa (sc. verba) after those (words). Cf. Apostil.]
1. Originally, an explanatory note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text; hence, a marginal note; a comment. Langton also made postils upon the whole Bible. Foxe.
2. (R. C. Ch. & Luth. Ch.)
Defn: A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture; as, the first postils were composed by order of Charlemagne.
POSTIL
Pos"til, v. t. Etym: [Cf. LL. postillare.]
Defn: To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss. Bacon.
POSTIL
Pos"til, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Postiled (Postilled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Postiling or Postilling.]