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postadh

-aidh, sm Trampling with the feet, act of treading or trampling. A' postadh, pr pt of post. In scouring woollen clothes, blankets or coarse linen, when strength of arms and manual friction are found insufficient, Highland women put them into a tub with a proper quantity of water, then, with petticoats tucked up, they commence the operation of “posting,” which they continue till every part of the clothes receives an effectual cleansing. When three women are employed, one commonly tramps in the middle and the other two tramp round her.

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