Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pounding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pound \Pound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Pounding}.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. {Pun} a
play on words.]
1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
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)
Pounding \Pound"ing\, n.
1. The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.
2. A pounded or pulverized substance. [R.] ``Covered with the
poundings of these rocks.'' --J. S. Blackie.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pounding
n 1: repeated heavy blows [syn: {buffeting}]
2: an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart); "he
felt a throbbing in his head" [syn: {throb}, {throbbing}]
3: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the
sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the
pounding of feet on the hallway" [syn: {hammer}, {pound},
{hammering}]
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