Pounds

2 definitions found

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.


        [1913 Webster]
  
     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}.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster + PJC]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

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

  (pounds)
       
          {pound}