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Postil

To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss.

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verb
  1. 1

    To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss.

  2. 2

    To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate.

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postillanounpostil
adversarianoun(plural only, obsolete) Originally, a book of accounts, so named from the placing of debt and credit in opposition to each other.
commentarynounAn oral relation of an event, especially broadcast by television or radio, as it occurs.
postum notenounA post-it note.
biblenoun(by extension) A comprehensive manual that describes something, or a publication with a loyal readership.
bibelotnounA bauble, knickknack or trinket.
promptbooknounAn annotated copy of a script used by a prompter.
postal notenoun(Australia, New Zealand) Synonym of postal order.
pasternounOne who, or that which, pastes.
by-booknounA notebook or memorandum book.
exemplaryOf such high quality that it should serve as an example to be imitated; ideal, perfect.
portalnounAn entrance, entry point, or means of entry.
ex librisnounA bookplate that identifies the owner of the book into which it is pasted.
noteletnoun(British) A notecard; a small folded sheet of notepaper, often with a decorative design on the front, intended for a short letter or note.
notenounA symbol or annotation.
portiforiumnounA breviary.
pamphletnounA small, brief printed work, consisting either of a folded sheet of paper, or several sheets bound together into a booklet with only a paper cover, formerly containing literary compositions, newsletters, and newspapers, but now chiefly informational matter.
rubricnoun(education) A set of scoring criteria for evaluating student work and for giving feedback.
opisthographynounA writing upon the back of anything, as upon the back of a sheet already written upon on one side.
post-itnounA post-it note.

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