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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pool \Pool\, n. [AS. p[=o]l; akin to LG. pool, pohl, D. poel, G. pfuhl; cf. Icel. pollr, also W. pwll, Gael. poll.] 1. A small and rather deep collection of (usually) fresh water, as one supplied by a spring, or occurring in the course of a stream; a reservoir for water; as, the pools of Solomon. --Wyclif. [1913 Webster] Charity will hardly water the ground where it must first fill a pool. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] The sleepy pool above the dam. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 2. A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle. "The filthy mantled pool beyond your cell." --Shak. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pool \Pool\, v. i. To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pool \Pool\, n. [F. poule, properly, a hen. See {Pullet}.] [Written also {poule}.] 1. The stake played for in certain games of cards, billiards, etc.; an aggregated stake to which each player has contributed a snare; also, the receptacle for the stakes. [1913 Webster] 2. A game at billiards, in which each of the players stakes a certain sum, the winner taking the whole; also, in public billiard rooms, a game in which the loser pays the entrance fee for all who engage in the game; a game of skill in pocketing the balls on a pool table. [1913 Webster] Note: This game is played variously, but commonly with fifteen balls, besides one cue ball, the contest being to drive the most balls into the pockets. [1913 Webster] He plays pool at the billiard houses. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster] 3. In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners. [1913 Webster] 4. Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join. [1913 Webster] 5. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depressing the market price of stocks, grain, or other commodities; also, the aggregate of the sums so contributed; as, the pool took all the wheat offered below the limit; he put $10,000 into the pool. [1913 Webster] 6. (Railroads) A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement. [1913 Webster] 7. (Law) An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities. [1913 Webster] {Pin pool}, a variety of the game of billiards in which small wooden pins are set up to be knocked down by the balls. {Pool ball}, one of the colored ivory balls used in playing the game at billiards called pool. {Pool snipe} (Zool.), the European redshank. [Prov. Eng.] {Pool table}, a billiard table with pockets. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Pool \Pool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pooled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pooling}.] To put together; to contribute to a common fund, on the basis of a mutual division of profits or losses; to make a common interest of; as, the companies pooled their traffic. [1913 Webster] Finally, it favors the poolingof all issues. --U. S. Grant. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: pool n 1: an excavation that is (usually) filled with water 2: a small lake; "the pond was too small for sailing" [syn: {pond}, {pool}] 3: an organization of people or resources that can be shared; "a car pool"; "a secretarial pool"; "when he was first hired he was assigned to the pool" 4: an association of companies for some definite purpose [syn: {consortium}, {pool}, {syndicate}] 5: any communal combination of funds; "everyone contributed to the pool" 6: a small body of standing water (rainwater) or other liquid; "there were puddles of muddy water in the road after the rain"; "the body lay in a pool of blood" [syn: {pool}, {puddle}] 7: the combined stakes of the betters [syn: {pool}, {kitty}] 8: something resembling a pool of liquid; "he stood in a pool of light"; "his chair sat in a puddle of books and magazines" [syn: {pool}, {puddle}] 9: any of various games played on a pool table having 6 pockets [syn: {pool}, {pocket billiards}] v 1: combine into a common fund; "We pooled resources" 2: join or form a pool of people From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: POOL Parallel Object Orientated Language (DOOM, OOP) From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: pool /pol/ pole From Dutch-English Freedict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 [fd-nld-eng]: Pool /pol/ Pole