Vocabulary : Pouncing to Poundrate
Pouncing : of Pounce ;; The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce. ;; Decorative perforation of cloth.Pound : To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. ;; 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. ;; To strike heavy blows; to beat. ;; To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds. ;; An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold. ;; A level stretch in a canal between locks. ;; A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward. ;; To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. ;; of Pound ;; A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces. ;; 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 val
Poundage : A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission. ;; A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more. ;; 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. ;; To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. ;; Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound. ;; A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.
Poundal : 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.
Pound-breach : The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.
