| Pound (pound) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Pound |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Pounded] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Pounding.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise.
Cf. Pun a play on words.] |
To strike
repeatedly with some heavy instrument] to beat.
To comminute and pulverize by beating; to
bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy
instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
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To
strike heavy blows; to beat.
To make a jarring noise, as
in running; as, the engine pounds.
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An inclosure, maintained by public authority,
in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in
trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a
pinfold.
A level stretch in a canal between
locks.
A kind of net, having a
large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by
wings spreading outward.
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To confine in, or as
in, a pound; to impound.
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| Pound (pound) |
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| n. | |
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| Pound |
| collectively Pound or
Pounds. [AS. pund, fr. L. pondo, akin
to pondus a weight, pendere to weigh. See
Pendant.] |
A certain specified weight;
especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of
ounces.
A British denomination of money of account,
equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about
$4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is
of the same value.
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