Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pounder"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pounder \Pound"er\, n.
1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
3. 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.
Note: Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an
elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called
a ten pounder.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pounder
n 1: something weighing a given number of pounds; "the fisherman
caught a 10-pounder" or "their linemen are all
300-pounders"
2: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and
a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain
or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone [syn: {pestle},
{muller}]
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