Pou sto (poh sto). [Gr. poy stw where I may stand; -- from the reputed saying of Archimedes, "Give me where I may stand and I will move the whole world with my steelyard."]

A place to stand upon; a locus standi; hence, a foundation or basis for operations.

 

© Webster 1913.

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