POSE, n. s as z. See the Verb. In heraldry, a lion, horse or other beast standing still, with all his feet on the ground.
POSE, n. s as z. A stuffing of the head catarrh.
POSE, s as z. L. 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.