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9 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pound \Pound\, v. t. To confine in or as in a pound; to impound. --Milton. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: pound n 1: 16 ounces; "he tried to lieft 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: the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence [syn: {Irish pound}, {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: a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound" [syn: {dog pound}] 11: 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}] v 1: hit hard [syn: {thump}, {poke}] 2: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer" [syn: {ram}, {ram down}] 3: move heavily or clumsily [syn: {lumber}] 4: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" [syn: {beat}, {thump}] 5: pulsate or pound with abnormal force; "my head is pounding"; "Her heart was throbbing" [syn: {throb}] From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: 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 From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: pound {hash} From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: 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}.)
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