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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Posy  \Po"sy\,  n.;  pl  {Posies}.  [Contr.  fr  poesy.] 
  1.  A  brief  poetical  sentiment;  hence  any  brief  sentiment, 
  motto,  or  legend;  especially,  one  inscribed  on  a  ring. 
  ``The  posy  of  a  ring.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  [Probably  so  called  from  the  use  of  flowers  as  having  an 
  enigmatical  significance.  Wedgwood.]  A  flower;  a  bouquet; 
  a  nosegay.  ``Bridegroom's  posies.''  --Spenser. 
 
  We  make  a  difference  between  suffering  thistles  to 
  grow  among  us  and  wearing  them  for  posies.  --Swift. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  posy 
  n  :  an  arrangement  of  flowers  that  is  usually  given  as  a  present 
  [syn:  {bouquet},  {corsage},  {nosegay}] 




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