subs. phr. (old).A guide-post; so called, according to Pegge, because it shows the right way, but does not go. (HALLIWELL): cf. FINGER-POST = a parson.
subs. phr. (old).A guide-post; so called, according to Pegge, because it shows the right way, but does not go. (HALLIWELL): cf. FINGER-POST = a parson.