Definition of pound

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Pound (n.) 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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Zoon :: Zoon (n.) Any one of the perfectly developed individuals of a compound animal.
Antiattrition :: Antiattrition (n.) Anything to prevent the effects of friction, esp. a compound lubricant for machinery, etc., often consisting of plumbago, with some greasy material; antifriction grease..
Element :: Element (v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles.
Oxidize :: Oxidize (v. t.) To subject to the action of oxygen or of an oxidizing agent, so as to bring to a higher grade, as an -ous compound to an -ic compound; as, to oxidize mercurous chloride to mercuric chloride..
Sealing Wax :: Sealing wax () A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc..
Viridine :: Viridine (n.) A greenish, oily, nitrogenous hydrocarbon, C12H19N7, obtained from coal tar, and probably consisting of a mixture of several metameric compounds which are higher derivatives of the base pyridine..
Find :: Find (v. t.) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end; as, water is found to be a compound substance..
Poundage :: Poundage (n.) Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound..
Mix :: Mix (v. i.) To become united into a compound; to be blended promiscuously together.
Stamp :: Stamp (v. t.) A kind of heavy hammer, or pestle, raised by water or steam power, for beating ores to powder; anything like a pestle, used for pounding or bathing..
Hydrosulphite :: Hydrosulphite (n.) A saline compound of hydrosulphurous acid and a base.
Powder :: Powder (v. t.) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate..
Pounding :: Pounding (n.) A pounded or pulverized substance.
Monamine :: Monamine (n.) A basic compound containing one amido group; as, methyl amine is a monamine..
Pounds :: Pounds (pl. ) of Poun.
Titano- :: Titano- () A combining form (also used adjectively) designating certain double compounds of titanium with some other elements; as, titano-cyanide, titano-fluoride, titano-silicate, etc..
Mercuric :: Mercuric (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, mercury; containing mercury; -- said of those compounds of mercury into which this element enters in its lowest proportion..
Individual :: Individual (n.) The product of a single egg, whether it remains a single animal or becomes compound by budding or fission..
Litmus :: Litmus (n.) A dyestuff extracted from certain lichens (Roccella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein..
Tight :: Tight (superl.) Close, so as not to admit the passage of a liquid or other fluid; not leaky; as, a tight ship; a tight cask; a tight room; -- often used in this sense as the second member of a compound; as, water-tight; air-tight..
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