Pound : (noun)
1: 16 ounces; "he tried to lift 100 pounds" [syn: lb]
2: the basic unit of money in Great Britain; equal to 100 pence
[syn: British pound, pound sterling, quid]
3: the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters
[syn: Syrian pound]
4: the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters
[syn: Sudanese pound]
5: the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters
[syn: Lebanese pound]
6: formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100
pence [syn: Irish pound, Irish punt, punt]
7: the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters
[syn: Egyptian pound]
8: the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents [syn:
Cypriot pound]
9: a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound
with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
[syn: lbf.]
10: United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly
influenced the development of modern literature
(1885-1972) [syn: Pound, Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis
Pound]
11: a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed
dogs will be taken to the pound" [syn: dog pound]
12: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the
pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: hammer, hammering,
pounding]
(verb)
1: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the
salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping
Southern Baptist" [syn: thump, poke]
2: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate
with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" [syn: ram, ram
down]
3: move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the
room" [syn: lumber]
4: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: beat,
thump]
5: partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water
of the canal" [syn: pound off]
6: shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or
limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded" [syn: pound up]
7: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't
stray" [syn: impound]
8: break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound
the roots with a heavy flat stone"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Pound : \Pound\, v. i.
1. To strike heavy blows; to beat.
2. (Mach.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the
engine pounds.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pound : \Pound\, n. [AS. pund an inclosure: cf. forpyndan to turn
away, or to repress, also Icel. pynda to extort, torment, Ir.
pont, pond, pound. Cf. Pinder, Pinfold, Pin to inclose,
Pond.]
1. 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. --Shak.
2. A level stretch in a canal between locks.
3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a
narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings
spreading outward.
Pound covert, a pound that is close or covered over, as a
shed.
Pound overt, a pound that is open overhead.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pound : \Pound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pounding.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. Pun a
play on words.]
1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.
--Dryden.
2. 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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pound : \Pound\, v. t.
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. --Milton.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Pound : \Pound\, n.; pl. Pounds, collectively Pound or
Pounds. [AS. pund, fr. L. pondo, akin to pondus a weight,
pendere to weigh. See Pendant.]
1. A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard
consisting of an established number of ounces.
Note: The pound in general use in the United States and in
England is the pound avoirdupois, which is divided into
sixteen ounces, and contains 7,000 grains. The pound
troy is divided into twelve ounces, and contains 5,760
grains. 144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds
troy weight. See Avoirdupois, and Troy.
2. 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.
Note: The pound sterling was in Saxon times, about a. d. 671,
a pound troy of silver, and a shilling was its
twentieth part; consequently the latter was three times
as large as it is at present. --Peacham.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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POUND, weight. There are two kinds of weights, namely, the troy, and the
avoirdupois. ThePound : avoirdupois is greater than the troy pound, in the
proportion of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred and sixty. The
troy pound contains twelve ounces, that of avoirdupois sixteen ounces.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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POUND, Eng. law. A place enclosed to keep strayed animals in. 5 Pick. 514; 4
Pick. 258; 9 Pick. 14.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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POUND, money. The sum of twenty shillings. Previous to the establishment of
the federal currency,, the different states made use of thePound : in
computing money; it was of different value in the several states.
2. Pound sterling, is a denomination of money of Great Britain. It is
of the value of a sovereign. (q.v.) In calculating the rates of duties, the
pound sterling shall be considered and taken as of the value of four dollars
and eighty cents. Apt of March 3, 1833.
3. The pound sterling of Ireland is to be computed, in calculating said
duties, at four dollars and ten cents. Id.
4. The pound of the British provinces Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Newfoundland, and Canada, is to be so computed at four dollars. Act of May,
22, 1846.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Pound :
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Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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Pound, VA (town, FIPS 64272)
Location: 37.12472 N, 82.60748 W
Population (1990): 995 (466 housing units)
Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 24279
Pound, WI (village, FIPS 64750)
Location: 45.09588 N, 88.03285 W
Population (1990): 434 (171 housing units)
Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 54161
Based on U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [Census_Database]:
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Pound : (1.) A weight. Heb. maneh, equal to 100 shekels (1 Kings 10:17;
Ezra 2:69; Neh. 7:71, 72). Gr. litra, equal to about 12 oz.
avoirdupois (John 12:3; 19:39).
(2.) A sum of money; the Gr. mna or mina (Luke 19:13, 16, 18,
20, 24, 25). It was equal to 100 drachmas, and was of the value
of about $3, 6s. 8d. of our money. (See MONEY.)
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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Pound : Pound: A measure of weight equal to 16 ounces or, metrically, 453.6 grams. The word "pound" goes back to the Latin "pondo" which meant a "weight" (but one of
only 12 ounces). The abbreviation for pound-just to confuse non-pound people-is lb. which stands for "libra" (Latin for pound).
Based on Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [Bible_Dictionary]:
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