the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | a unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch; used to specify thickness (e.g., of sheets or wire) |
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs | a metric unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter |
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) | an angular unit used in artillery; equal to 1/6400 of a complete revolution |
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec | a Cypriot monetary unit equal to one thousandth of a pound |
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence | a Swedish unit of length equivalent to 10 km |
the basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents | |
the basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters | |
formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence | |
the basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters | |
the basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters | |
the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters | |
16 ounces avoirdupois | |
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy | |