the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone |
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs | (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds |
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) | |
a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec | |
the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence | |
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 | |