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Pouncing
n.
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The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.
Pouncing
n.
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Decorative perforation of cloth.
Pounded
imp. & p. p.
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Pounding
p. pr. & vb. n.
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of Pound
Pound
v. t.
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To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
Pound
v. t.
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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.
Pound
v. i.
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To strike heavy blows; to beat.
Pound
v. i.
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To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.
Pound
n.
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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.
Pound
n.
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A level stretch in a canal between locks.
Pound
n.
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A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
Pound
v. t.
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To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
Pounds
pl.
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of Pound
Pound
pl.
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of Pound
Pounds
pl.
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of Pound
Pound
n.
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A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.
Pound
n.
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A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.
Poundage
n.
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A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
Poundage
n.
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A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more.
Poundage
n.
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The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound.
Poundage
v. t.
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To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
Poundage
n.
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Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
Poundage
n.
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A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
Poundal
n.
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A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.
Poundcake
n.
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A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.
Pounder
n.
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One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
Pounder
n.
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An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
Pounder
n.
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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.
Pounding
n.
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The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.
Pounding
n.
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A pounded or pulverized substance.