POSE, noun s as z. [See the Verb.] In heraldry, a lion, horse or other beast standing still, with all his feet on the ground. POSE, noun s as z. A stuffing of the head; catarrh. POSE, verb transitive s as z. [Latin posui.] 1. To puzzle, [a word of the same origin; ] to set; to put to a stand or stop; to gravel. Learning was pos'd, philosophy was set. I design not to pose them with those common enigmas of magnetism. 2. To puzzle or put to a stand by asking difficult questions; to set by questions; hence, to interrogate closely, or with a view to scrutiny.
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