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pounder


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pounder  \Pound"er\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  or  that  which  pounds,  as  a  stamp  in  an  ore  mill. 
 
  2.  An  instrument  used  for  pounding;  a  pestle. 
 
  3.  A  person  or  thing  so  called  with  reference  to  a  certain 
  number  of  pounds  in  value,  weight,  capacity,  etc.;  as  a 
  cannon  carrying  a  twelve-pound  ball  is  called  a  twelve 
  pounder. 
 
  Note:  Before  the  English  reform  act  of  1867,  one  who  was  an 
  elector  by  virtue  of  paying  ten  pounds  rent  was  called 
  a  ten  pounder. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pounder 
  n  :  something  weighing  a  given  number  of  pounds;  "the  fisherman 
  caught  a  10-pounder"  or  "their  linemen  are  all 
  300-pounders" 




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