SIGN-POST
NOUNS
► CROSS IN THE HANDS a finger-post, a signpost → 1762 obs.
► FINGERBOARD a sign-post, a sign shaped like a finger, pointing the way to a specified destination → 1804 Amer. dial.
► FINGERPOST a sign-post, a sign shaped like a finger, pointing the way to a specified destination → 1902 Amer. dial.
► GUIDE-STOOP a guide-post, a signpost → Bk1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HANDING-POINT a sign-post, a finger-post → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► HANDING-POST a sign-post, a guide-post → 1880 Eng. dial.
► HAND-POST a sign-post, a guide-post at the parting of roads → 1791
► TELL-POST a sign-post, a direction or finger-post → B1900 Eng. dial.
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