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   Pound
   Pound is a town in Wise County Virginia, USA Pound is a village in Marinette County Wisconsin, USA Pound is a town in Marinette County Wisconsin, USA
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   Pound
   The pound is the currency of Egypt, Lebanon and the United Kingdom.
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   Pound
   Ancient Measurement Terms: 16 ounces (Avoirdupois).
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   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 compartments 6. [v] - shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits 7. [v] - break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle
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   Pound
   A section of a swale designed to detain runoff.
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   Pound
   £1 or 20 shillings or 240 old pennies. Since decimalization, a gold coloured coin worth 100 new pence. See also: Pound Sterling
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   Pound
   Measure of weight consisting of 16 ounces. There were 2240 pounds in a ton. (not tonne).
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   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 (lb)=0.453592 kgttle='Mass';xiunt='kg';yiunt='lb';m...
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   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...
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    Pound
    A pen, often circular and stone-walled, for rounding up livestock.
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    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" (Latin for pound).
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    pound
    GB and USA mass unit = 0,453 kg Category: Standards, measures and testing
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    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 not commonly seen until the introduction of the Treas ...
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    Pound
    Weight equal to 16 ounces or 0.453 kg.
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    Pound
    Definition (keystage 2) A British unit of money. In 2001 one pound would buy a pint of milk, or a packet of biscuits, etc. <br /> There are 100 pence in one pound.
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    Pound
    Definition (keystage 2) An imperial unit used when measuring mass and written as lb. 1 pound = 16 oz, and 14 pounds = 1 stone
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    Pound
    Definition (keystage 3) An imperial unit of mass, about 0.4535924 kg. <br /> The symbol for it is: lb.
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    Pound
    Pound transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pounded ; present participle & verbal noun Pounding .] [ Middle English pounen , Anglo-Saxon punian to bruise. Confer Pun a play on words.] 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. « With cruel blows she pounds her blubb ...
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    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 .
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    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, Pond .] 1. An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when ...
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    Pound
    Pound transitive verb To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. Milton.
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    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 specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces. » The pound in general use in the United States and in ...
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    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 which fish are directed by wings spreading outward. ...
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    pound
    dog pound noun a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; `unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound`
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