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- English Word Pound Definition 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.
- English Word Pound Definition To strike heavy blows; to beat.
- English Word Pound Definition To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.
- English Word Pound Definition 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.
- English Word Pound Definition A level stretch in a canal between locks.
- English Word Pound Definition A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
- English Word Pound Definition To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
- English Word Pound Definition of Pound
- English Word Pound Definition A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.
- English Word Pound Definition 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.
- English Word Pound-breach Definition The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.
- English Word Pound/keeper Definition The keeper of a pound.
- English Word Poundage Definition A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
- English Word Poundage Definition A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.
- English Word Poundage Definition The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound.
- English Word Poundage Definition To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
- English Word Poundage Definition Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
- English Word Poundage Definition A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
- English Word Poundal Definition A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.
- English Word Poundcake Definition A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.