(obsolete) To write across a page, then turn to paper 90 degrees and overwrite, done in order to lessen the cost of sending a letter when postage costs were based on weight.

(pathology) difficulty in standing

Used to evoke the situation where an aggressor is being appeased for the sake of delaying a (possibly inevitable) war / Used to evoke the idea of false political promises and false expectations.

A surname from French.