Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SAM'SON'S-POST
SAM'PLERSAN-A-BIL'I-TY, or SAN'A-BLE-NESS
SAM'SON'S-POST, n.
In ships, a notched post used instead of a ladder; also, a piece of timber that forms a return for a tackle-fall. – Mar. Dict.
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