the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows) | a wad of something chewable as tobacco |
a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs | something for something; that which a party receives (or is promised) in return for something he does or gives or promises |
a symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain) | the basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence |
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 | |