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...
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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...
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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...
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5. Pound
   Ancient Measurement Terms: 16 ounces (Avoirdupois).
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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 ...
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7. Pound
   A section of a swale designed to detain runoff.
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8. 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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9. Pound
   Measure of weight consisting of 16 ounces. There were 2240 pounds in a ton. (not tonne).
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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 (...
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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...
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12. Pound
    A pen, often circular and stone-walled, for rounding up livestock.
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13. 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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14. pound
    GB and USA mass unit = 0,453 kg Category: Standards, measures and testing
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15. 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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16. Pound
    Weight equal to 16 ounces or 0.453 kg.
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17. Pound
    Pound transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pounded ; present participle & verbal noun Pounding .] [ Middle English pounen , Anglo-Saxon punian to bruise. Confer ...
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18. 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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19. 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...
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20. Pound
    Pound transitive verb To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. Milton.
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21. 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...
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22. 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...
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23. pound
    dog pound noun a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; `unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound`
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24. 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
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25. Pound
    Ezra Pound noun United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)
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