Bible Dictionaries
Impost

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) That which is imposed or levied; a tax, tribute, or duty; especially, a duty or tax laid by goverment on goods imported into a country.

(2):

(n.) The top member of a pillar, pier, wall, etc., upon which the weight of an arch rests.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Impost'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/impost.html. 1828.