confine in a pound
1pound — pound1 [pound] n. pl. pounds; sometimes, after a number, pound [ME < OE pund, akin to Ger pfund: WGmc loanword < L pondo, a pound, orig. abl. of pondus, weight (in libra pondo, a pound in weight), akin to pendere: see PENDANT] 1. a) the… …
2pound — v. a. 1. Beat, strike. 2. Bray, bruise, crush, pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate. 3. Impound, confine in a pound, coop, enclose, shut up …
3Pound — Pound, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. Milton. [1913 Webster] …
4pound up — verb shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits The prisoners are safely pounded • Syn: ↑pound • Derivationally related forms: ↑poundage (for: ↑pound) • Hypernyms: ↑ …
5pound — 1. n. 1 a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg). 2 (in full pound sterling) (pl. same or pounds) the chief monetary unit of the UK and several other countries. Phrases and idioms: pound cake a rich… …
6Pound — 1. n. 1 a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg). 2 (in full pound sterling) (pl. same or pounds) the chief monetary unit of the UK and several other countries. Phrases and idioms: pound cake a rich… …
7pound — I v 1. beat, batter, pommel, pelt, lay on, Sl. paste, Archaic. belabor; cudgel, bludgeon, baste, bastinado, cane, club, hammer, fustigate; maul, manhandle, rough up, Inf. give it to, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, Sl.… …
8pound — Synonyms and related words: Deutschmark, Mark, Reichsmark, abrade, ache, afghani, agonize, ail, ambush, anguish, anna, assail, assault, atomize, attack, baht, bang, barrage, bash, baste, bat, batter, bawbee, beat, beat a ruffle, beat a tattoo,… …
9confine — Synonyms and related words: arena, arrest, bar, bastille, be into, be strong in, block, border line, bottle up, bound, boundary, boundary condition, boundary line, bounds, bourn, box, box in, box up, break boundary, breakoff point, cabin, cage,… …
10Glocester Town Pound — Infobox nrhp | name =Glocester Town Pound nrhp type = caption = location= Glocester, Rhode Island lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 53 lat seconds = 44 lat direction = N long degrees = 71 long minutes = 40 long seconds = 9 long direction = W… …
