Pound,

15 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pound \Pound\, v. t.
     To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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 measure of mass or weight; especially,
        a legal standard consisting of an established number of
        ounces.
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     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 (0.453
           kilogram). 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}.
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     2. A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to
        twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about
        $4.86 in 1900 and $1.50 in 2002. The modern pound coin was
        introduced in 1983. Formerly there was a gold sovereign of
        the same value.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pound \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.
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              With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pound \Pound\, v. i.
     1. To strike heavy blows; to beat.
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     2. (Mach.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the
        engine pounds.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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     2. A level stretch in a canal between locks.
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     3. (Fishing) 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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     {Pound covert}, a pound that is close or covered over, as a
        shed.
  
     {Pound overt}, a pound that is open overhead.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pound
       n 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: {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}]
       v 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"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  406 Moby Thesaurus words for "pound":
     Deutschmark, Mark, Reichsmark, abrade, ache, afghani, agonize, ail,
     ambush, anguish, anna, assail, assault, atomize, attack, baht,
     bang, barrage, bash, baste, bat, batter, bawbee, beat,
     beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo, beat into, beat the drum, beat time,
     beating, belabor, belt, biff, blanch, blench, blitz, blow,
     bludgeon, bonk, bottle up, box up, bray, brecciate, bruise, buffet,
     bung, bung up, bushwhack, cage, carat, cattery, cent, centavo,
     centigram, centime, check, chop, cleanse, clear, clip, clobber,
     cloister, clout, clump, come at, come down on, comminute, compound,
     confine, constrain, conto, contriturate, contuse, coop, coop in,
     coop up, cork up, count, count the beats, crack, crack down on,
     cram in, crib, crowd in, crown, crumb, crumble, crush, cudgel, cut,
     dash, decagram, decigram, descend on, descend upon, detain, dig,
     din, ding, dint, disintegrate, dog pound, doghouse, dollar, dong,
     dram, dram avoirdupois, drive, drive in, drub, drubbing, drum,
     drum music, drumbeat, drumfire, drumming, dyne, empty, encage,
     enclose, enclosure, expel, fall on, fall upon, farthing, feel pain,
     feel the pangs, fence in, fiver, flail, flap, florin, flounder,
     flour, flutter, force, force in, fourpence, fourpenny, fragment,
     franc, fusillade, gang up on, go at, go for, go pitapat, grain,
     gram, granulate, granulize, grate, grave, grimace, grind,
     grind to powder, groat, guilder, guinea, gulden, half crown,
     half dollar, halfpenny, hammer, harry, have a misery, have at,
     heave, hell, hem in, hit, hit like lightning, hobbyhorse, hold,
     hold in custody, hold in restraint, hundredweight, hurt, immure,
     impact, impound, inhibit, jab, jam in, jump, keep in,
     keep in custody, keep in detention, keep time, kennel, kilo,
     kilogram, kip, knock, knock in, kopeck, krona, krone, lambaste,
     land on, larrup, lay at, lay hands on, lay into, levigate, lick,
     light into, limbo, lira, lurch, mag, make heavy weather, mash,
     mass, maul, meg, megaton, mew, mew up, mill, milligram, milreis,
     mite, mole, monkey, mug, new pence, np, ounce, ounce avoirdupois,
     ounce troy, p, palpitate, palpitation, paradiddle, paste, patter,
     pelt, pen, pen up, pence, penfold, penny, pennyweight, peseta,
     pestle, pie, piece of eight, pinfold, pistareen, pitapat, pitch,
     pitch and toss, pitch into, pitter-patter, place of confinement,
     play drum, plunge, plunge in, plunk, poke, poke in, pommel, pony,
     pounce upon, pound avoirdupois, pound in, pound out, pound troy,
     poundal, pounding, powder, press in, produce, pulp, pulsate,
     pulsation, pulse, pulverize, pummel, punch, purgatory, purge,
     push in, quid, rail in, ram in, rand, rap, rat-a-tat, rat-tat,
     rat-tat-tat, rataplan, rattattoo, rear, reduce to powder, reel,
     restrain, restrict, rial, rid, rock, roll, rub-a-dub, ruble, ruff,
     ruffle, run in, rupee, sail into, scend, scrunch, scruple, seal up,
     set on, set upon, shackle, shard, shekel, shilling, shoot, shred,
     shrink, shut in, shut up, sixpence, slam, sledgehammer, slog, slug,
     smack, smart, smash, sock, sol, sou, sound a tattoo, spank,
     spatter, splatter, splutter, sputter, squash, squeeze in, staccato,
     stamp, stiver, stone, strike, stroke, stuff in, suffer, surprise,
     swat, sway, swing, swipe, swoop down on, take the offensive,
     tamp in, tap, tat-tat, tattoo, tenner, thrash, threepence,
     threepenny bit, thresh, thrill, thrippence, throb, throbbing,
     thrum, thrust in, thump, thumping, thwack, tingle, tom-tom, ton,
     toss, toss and tumble, triturate, tumble, tuppence, twinge, twitch,
     twopence, units of weight, wade into, wall in, wallop, wallow,
     wedge in, weight, welter, whack, whip, whop, wince, won, work over,
     writhe, yard, yaw, yen, yerk
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

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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}.)
     

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  POUND, weight. There are two kinds of weights, namely, the troy, and the 
  avoirdupois. The pound 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. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  POUND, Eng. law. A place enclosed to keep strayed animals in. 5 Pick. 514; 4 
  Pick. 258; 9 Pick. 14. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  POUND, money. The sum of twenty shillings. Previous to the establishment of 
  the federal currency,, the different states made use of the pound 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. 
  
  

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 U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Pound, WI -- U.S. village in Wisconsin
     Population (2000):    355
     Housing Units (2000): 174
     Land area (2000):     0.815422 sq. miles (2.111934 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.815422 sq. miles (2.111934 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            64750
     Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
     Location:             45.093795 N, 88.032899 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     54161
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Pound, WI
      Pound
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Pound, VA -- U.S. town in Virginia
     Population (2000):    1089
     Housing Units (2000): 516
     Land area (2000):     2.607964 sq. miles (6.754595 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    2.607964 sq. miles (6.754595 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            64272
     Located within:       Virginia (VA), FIPS 51
     Location:             37.123820 N, 82.607859 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     24279
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Pound, VA
      Pound