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Now […] have we many chimnies, and yet our tenderlings complain of rheums, catarrhs, and poses.
1825, Robert Herrick, The poetical works of Robert Herrick:
Megg yesterday was troubled with a pose, Which, this night hardned, sodders up her nose.
1903, Thomas Heywood, Lucian (of Samosata.), Desiderius Erasmus, Pleasant Dialogues and Dramma's:
The Ague, Cough, the Pyony, the Pose. Aches within, and accidents without, [...]
2009, Eucharius Rösslin, Thomas Raynalde, Elaine Hobby, The Birth of Mankind:
And whereas some say, that they which use oft washing of their heads shall be very prone to headache, that is not true, but only in such that, after they have been washed, roll up their hair (being yet wet) about their heads; the cold whereof is dangerous to bring them to catarrhs and poses, with other inconveniences.
2010, Noam Chomsky, “The Iranian threat”, in Z Magazine, volume 23, number 7:
Rather, they are concerned with the threat Iran poses to the region and the world.
2011 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Bulgaria 0-3 England”, in BBC:
Rooney's United team-mate Chris Smalling was given his debut at right-back and was able to adjust to the international stage in relatively relaxed fashion as Bulgaria barely posed a threat of any consequence.
The threat the most radical of them pose is evidently far greater at home than abroad.
(transitive, in the phrase "to pose as") To falsely impersonate (another person or occupation) primarily for the purpose of accomplishing something or reaching a goal.
2002, Charles Hebbert, Dan Richardson, The Rough Guide to Budapest, 2nd edition, London: Rough Guides, →ISBN, page 73:
dressed-to-kill babes and their sugar daddies would rather pose in malls, and teenagers can find McDonald's anywhere, leaving Váci utterly dependent on tourists for its livelihood and bustle.
(obsolete,transitive) To question with a view to puzzling; to embarrass by questioning or scrutiny; to bring to a stand.
a.1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number). Of the Love of God”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow., volumes (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A J Valpy,, published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
A question wherewith a learned Pharisee thought to pose or puzzle him.
The Doctor […] had likewise a pair of little eyes that were always half shut up, and a mouth that was always half expanded into a grin, as if he had, that moment, posed a boy, and were waiting to convict him from his own lips.
Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps, with something of the stately pose which Richter has given his Queen Louise on the stairway,[…].
“pose”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03