postil

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

POS'TIL, noun [Latin post.] A marginal note; originally, a note in the margin of the Bible, so called because written after the text. POS'TIL, verb transitive To write marginal notes; to gloss; to illustrate with marginal notes.
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