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A pool of water to keep fish in; a wear. [Obs.]

That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy. Shak. A gulf of ruin, swallowing gold. Tennyson.

Full of whirlpools or gulfs. Chapman.

A whirlpool. [Obs.] The plain, wherein a black bituminous gurge Boils out from under ground. Milton.

One who is rapacious or ravenous; an extortioner. The harpies about all pocket the pool. Goldsmith.

keys is much greater than the twelve to the octave used in systems of temperament. H. W. Poole.

[Etym. uncertain.] (Gaming) The percentage taken out of a pool to pay for refreshments, or for the expenses of the table. R. F. Foster.

xtensive; -- opposed to small; as, a nlarge horse; a large house or room; a large lake or pool; a large jug or spoon; a large vineyard; a large army; a large city.

ing the membrane that lines the inside of the mouth and nostrils of animals that drink at pools where it lives.

A pool or collection of water, particularly one above or below a fall of water.

The glossy ibis (Ibis falcinellus); -- said to have given its name to the city of Liverpool.

A woody valley; also, a deep pool. [Prov. Eng.]

A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway.

[The] children are clothed with mantles of satin. Bacon. The green mantle of the standing pool. Shak. Now Nature hangs her mantle green On every blooming tree. Burns.

use; esp., a place where provisions are sold. There is at Jerusalem by the sheep market a pool. John v. 2.

A pool or lake. Drayton. Tennyson.

Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness. "The oblivious pool." Milton. She lay in deep, oblivious slumber. Longfellow.

crowd together in an annoying way; to overcrowd; to infest. [Obs.] Milton. All rivers and pools . . . pestered full with fishes. Holland.

A small pool of standing water; a puddle. Bacon. "These shallow plashes." Barrow.

A small pond or pool; a puddle.