n. (Min.) A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From L. postponens, p. pr. ] The act of postponing, in sense 2. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who postpones. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
His praise postponed, and never to be paid. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
All other considerations should give way and be postponed to this. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of postponing; a deferring, or putting off, to a future time; a temporary delay. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From L. postponens, p. pr. ] The act of postponing, in sense 2. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who postpones. [ 1913 Webster ]