Pounder

2 definitions found

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

  Pounder \Pound"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
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     2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
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     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.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pounder
       n 1: (used only in combination) something weighing a given number
            of pounds; "the fisherman caught a 10-pounder"; "their
            linemen are all 300-pounders"
       2: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and
          a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain
          or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone [syn: {pestle},
           {muller}]