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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. (Mach.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the
engine pounds.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

2. A level stretch in a canal between locks.

3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a
narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings
spreading outward.

{Pound covert}, a pound that is close or covered over, as a
shed.

{Pound overt}, a pound that is open overhead.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.
--Dryden.

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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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. 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}.

2. 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.

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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