POUNDER

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.

2.
n.

An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.

3.
n.

A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.


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