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Pontoon
n.
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A low, flat vessel, resembling a barge, furnished with cranes, capstans, and other machinery, used in careening ships, raising weights, drawing piles, etc., chiefly in the Mediterranean; a lighter.
Pontooning
n.
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The act, art, or process of constructing pontoon bridges.
Ponvolant
n.
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A kind of light bridge, used in sieges, for surprising a post or outwork which has but a narrow moat; a flying bridge.
Ponty
n.
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See Pontee.
Ponies
pl.
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of Pony
Pony
n.
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A small horse.
Pony
n.
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Twenty-five pounds sterling.
Pony
n.
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A translation or a key used to avoid study in getting lessons; a crib.
Pony
n.
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A small glass of beer.
Pood
n.
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A Russian weight, equal to forty Russian pounds or about thirty-six English pounds avoirdupois.
Poodle
n.
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A breed of dogs having curly hair, and often showing remarkable intelligence in the performance of tricks.
Pooh
interj.
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Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.
Pooh-pooh
v. t.
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To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!
Pookoo
n.
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A red African antelope (Kobus Vardoni) allied to the water buck.
Pool
n.
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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.
Pool
n.
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A small body of standing or stagnant water; a puddle.
Pool
n.
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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.
Pool
n.
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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.
Pool
n.
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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.
Pool
n.
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Any gambling or commercial venture in which several persons join.
Pool
n.
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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.
Pool
n.
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A mutual arrangement between competing lines, by which the receipts of all are aggregated, and then distributed pro rata according to agreement.
Pool
n.
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An aggregation of properties or rights, belonging to different people in a community, in a common fund, to be charged with common liabilities.
Pooled
imp. & p. p.
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of Pool
Pooling
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Pool
Pool
v. t.
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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.
Pool
v. i.
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To combine or contribute with others, as for a commercial, speculative, or gambling transaction.
Pooler
n.
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A stick for stirring a tan vat.
Pooling
n.
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The act of uniting, or an agreement to unite, an aggregation of properties belonging to different persons, with a view to common liabilities or profits.
Poon
n.
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A name for several East Indian, or their wood, used for the masts and spars of vessels, as Calophyllum angustifolium, C. inophullum, and Sterculia foetida; -- called also peon.