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 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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