pose

POSE, n. s as z. [See the Verb.] In heraldry, a lion, horse or other beast standing still, with all his feet on the ground.

POSE, n. s as z. A stuffing of the head; catarrh.

POSE, v.t. s as z. [L. posui.]

1. To puzzle, [a word of the same origin;] to set; to put to a stand or stop; to gravel.

Learning was pos'd, philosophy was set.

I design not to pose them with those common enigmas of magnetism.

2. To puzzle or put to a stand by asking difficult questions; to set by questions; hence, to interrogate closely, or with a view to scrutiny.