Postmark: alternatives and connections

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the…

A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of t…

Prior date; a date antecedent to another which is the actual date.

One who extorts, or endeavors to extort, money, by black mailing.

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a pa…

The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself.

To stamp; to mark as /ith a stamp; to impress deeply.

An arbitrary fixed date, for which the elements used in computing the place of a planet, or other heavenly body, at any other date, ar…

serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divor…

serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divor…

To produce by pressure, as a mark, stamp, image, etc.; to imprint (a mark or figure upon something).

To stamp or mark, as letters on paper, by means of type, plates, stamps, or the like; to print the mark (figures, letters, etc., upon…

To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.

To take or seize by the way, or before arrival at the destined place; to cause to stop on the passage; as, to intercept a letter; a te…

The letter z; -- formerly so called. J () J is the tenth letter of the English alphabet. It is a later variant form of the Roman lette…

See Gimmal. K () the eleventh letter of the English alphabet, is nonvocal consonant. The form and sound of the letter K are from the L…

To deliver into the custody of the postoffice officials, or place in a government letter box, for transmission by mail; to post; as, t…