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51Pound — Recorded in at least four spelling forms Pound, Pounder, Pounds, Pund, and possibly an overlap with the surname Pond or Ponde, this is an English medieval surname. It may be locational and as such describes a person who lived by a pound, or came… …
52pound — English has three distinct words pound. The measure of weight and unit of currency [OE] goes back ultimately to Latin pondō ‘12 ounce weight’, a relative of pondus ‘weight’ (source of English ponder) and pendere ‘weigh’ (source of English pension …
53pound — I v 1. beat, batter, pommel, pelt, lay on, Sl. paste, Archaic. belabor; cudgel, bludgeon, baste, bastinado, cane, club, hammer, fustigate; maul, manhandle, rough up, Inf. give it to, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, Sl.… …
54pound — Synonyms and related words: Deutschmark, Mark, Reichsmark, abrade, ache, afghani, agonize, ail, ambush, anguish, anna, assail, assault, atomize, attack, baht, bang, barrage, bash, baste, bat, batter, bawbee, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo,… …
55pound — pound1 noun 1》 (abbrev.: lb) a unit of weight equal to 16 oz avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz troy (0.3732 kg). 2》 (also pound sterling) (plural pounds sterling) the basic monetary unit of the UK, equal to 100 pence. ↘another term for punt4 …
56pound*/*/*/ — [paʊnd] noun [C] I 1) a unit of money that is used in the UK and several other countries. The symbol for a pound is £ a pound coin[/ex] a ten pound note[/ex] 2) a unit for measuring weight, used in several countries including the US and the UK,… …
57pound — A place, inclosed by public authority, for the detention of stray animals; e.g. dog pound. Place where impounded property is held until redeemed. A pound ouert is said to be one that is open overhead; a pound couert is one that is closed, or… …
58pound — English has three distinct words pound. The measure of weight and unit of currency [OE] goes back ultimately to Latin pondō ‘12 ounce weight’, a relative of pondus ‘weight’ (source of English ponder) and pendere ‘weigh’ (source of English pension …
59pound — /paυnd/ noun 1. a measure of weight (= 0.45 kilos) ● to sell oranges by the pound ● a pound of oranges ● Oranges cost 50p a pound. (NOTE: Usually written lb after a figure: 25lb. Note also that the pound is now no longer officially used in the UK …
60pound — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. beat, thump, drum, bruise, tenderize; crush, pulverize. See powderiness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Measure of weight] Syn. sixteen ounces, Troy pound, avoirdupois pound, commercial pound, pint; see also… …
