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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.
v. t.
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.
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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.
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A rate or proportion estimated at a certain amount for each pound; poundage.
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To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.
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A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.
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An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
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The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.
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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.
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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.
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To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
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One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
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A pounded or pulverized substance.
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The keeper of a pound.
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To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage.
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Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.
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A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.
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