Look up: Pound


  1. pound
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  2. Pound
    [networking] Pound is a lightweight open source reverse proxy program and application firewall suitable to be used as a web server load balancing solution. Developed by an IT security company, it has a strong emphasis on security. The original intent on developing Pound was to allow distribu...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(networking)

  3. Pound
    [currency] ], "mindful, no doubt of the power of the Duke of Norfolk in his county." From 1570–72, he served as crown counsel, and, perhaps, it was Bell`s outspokenness, hitherto, that revealed his niche, as shortly following these events, he was recommended by William Cecil for Speaker (Pr...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(currency)|[40£

  4. Pound
    [town] Pound is a town in Marinette County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,367 at the 2000 census. The Village of Pound is located within the town. ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 50.2 square miles (130.1 km²), of whic...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(town),_Wisconsin

  5. Pound
    Ancient Measurement Terms: 16 ounces (Avoirdupois).
    Found op http://www.hemyockcastle.co.uk/measure.htm

  6. pound
    [n] - 16 ounces 2. [n] - a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec 3. [n] - United States writer who lived in Europe 4. [n] - a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs 5. [v] - partition off into ...
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=pound

  7. Pound
    A section of a swale designed to detain runoff.
    Found op http://www.greenconstruction.co.uk/glossary/P.html

  8. Pound
    £1 or 20 shillings or 240 old pennies. Since decimalization, a gold coloured coin worth 100 new pence. See also: Pound Sterling
    Found op http://www.hemyockcastle.co.uk/money.htm

  9. Pound
    Measure of weight consisting of 16 ounces. There were 2240 pounds in a ton. (not tonne).
    Found op http://www.lethamshank.co.uk/glossary/glossary.php?letter=P

  10. Pound
    This is the standard unit of mass in the British system of units. It has since beenreplaced by the SI system and the kg.Conversions16 ounces (oz)=1 pound (lb)1 stone=14 pounds (lb)1 quarter=28 pounds (lb)1 hundredweight (cwt)=112 pounds (lb)1 ton=2240 pounds (lb)20 hundredweight (cwt)=1 ton1 pound (...
    Found op http://www.diracdelta.co.uk/science/source/p/o/pound/source.html

  11. pound
    British standard monetary unit, issued as a gold sovereign before 1914, as a note 1914-83, and as a circular yellow metal-alloy coin from 1983. The pound is also the name given to the unit of...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  12. Pound
    A pen, often circular and stone-walled, for rounding up livestock.
    Found op http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/k2p.nsf/k2pGlossaryList?readform&let



  1. Pound
    Pound: A measure of weight equal to 16 ounces or, metrically, 453.6 grams. The word "pound" goes back to the Latin "pondo" which meant a "weight" (but one of only 12 ounces). The abbreviation for pound-just to confuse non-pound people-is lb. which stands for "libra...
    Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=5014

  2. Pound
    1 British currency with a face value of 100 pence (20s), first struck in the form of gold coins in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Silver pounds appeared during the Civil War (1640s); the first £1 banknotes were issued as an emergency measure by the Bank of England between 1797 and 1826 but were no...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  3. Pound
    Weight equal to 16 ounces or 0.453 kg.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php

  4. Pound
    Pound transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pounded ; present participle & verbal noun Pounding .] [ Middle English pounen , Anglo-Saxon punian to bruise. Confer ...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/138

  5. Pound
    Pound intransitive verb 1. To strike heavy blows; to beat. 2. (Machinery) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds .
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/138

  6. Pound
    Pound noun [ Anglo-Saxon pund an inclosure: confer forpyndan to turn away, or to repress, also Icelandic pynda to extort, torment, Ir. pont , pond, pound. Confer Pinder , Pinfold , Pin to inclose, P...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/138

  7. Pound
    Pound transitive verb To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. Milton.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/138

  8. Pound
    Pound noun ; plural Pounds , collectively Pound or Pounds . [ Anglo-Saxon pund , from Latin pondo , akin to pondus a weight, pendere to weigh. See Pendant .] 1. A certain specif...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/138

  9. pound
    1. 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. ... 2. A level stretch in a canal between locks. ... 3. A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?pound

  10. pound
    dog pound noun a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; `unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pound

  11. pound
    lbf. noun a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pound

  12. Pound
    Ezra Pound noun United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Pound

  13. pound
    noun 16 ounces; `he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pound

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