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16 ounces; "he got a hernia when he tried to lift 100 pounds" Syrian pound: the basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters thump: hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument; "the salesman pounded the door knocker"; "a bible-thumping Southern Baptist" ram: strike or drive against with a heavy impact; "ram the gate with a sledgehammer"; "pound on the door" lumber: move heavily or clumsily; "The heavy man lumbered across the room" beat: move rhythmically; "Her heart was beating fast" a nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec partition off into compartments; "The locks pound the water of the canal" United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972) shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits; "The prisoners are safely pounded" a public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs; "unlicensed dogs will be taken to the pound" impound: place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray" break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; "pound the roots with a heavy flat stone" hammer: the act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows); "the sudden hammer of fists caught him off guard"; "the pounding of feet on the hallway"
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The action of a boat's bow repeatedly slamming into oncoming waves.
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16 oz. or 453.59 grams
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A unit of currency, 1/60 the weight of a talent, or about $17.00.
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A unit of measurement used, primarily in the US and Canada, in weighing tobacco. Internationally, the weight of tobacco is measured in kilos or (metric) tons. 1 pound = 0.45 kilos
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