| pound | 1. An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold. 2. A level stretch in a canal between locks. 3. A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward. Pound covert, a pound that is close or covered over, as a shed. Pound overt, a pound that is open overhead. Origin: AS. Pund an inclosure: cf. Forpyndan to turn away, or to repress, also Icel. Pynda to extort, torment, Ir. Pont, pond, pound. Cf. Pinder, Pinfold, Pin to inclose, Pond. Origin: AS. Pund, fr. L. Pondo, akin to pondus a weight, pendere top weigh. See Pendant. 1. A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces. The pound in general use in the United States and in England is the pound avoirdupois, which is divided into sixteen ounces, and contains 7,000 grains. The pound troy is divided into twelve ounces, and contains 5,760 grains. 144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds troy weight. See Avoirdupois, and Troy. 2. A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value. The pound sterling was in Saxon times, about A. D. 671, a pound troy of silver, and a shilling was its twentieth part; consequently the latter was three times as large as it is at present. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| pound force | (sometimes abbreviated lb(f)) A force which will accelerate one pound mass at a rate of 32.2 ft/second(2). (05 Dec 1998) |
| pound of steam | One pound mass of water converted to steam. (05 Dec 1998) |
| poundal | <physics> A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes. Origin: From 5th Pound. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| poupart's ligament | <anatomy> A ligament, of fascia, extending, in most mammals, from the ventral side of the ilium to near the symphysis of the pubic bones. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Poupart's line | A vertical line passing through the centre of the inguinal ligament on either side; it marks off the hypochondriac, lumbar, and iliac from the epigastric, umbilical, and hypogastric regions, respectively. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Poupart, Francois | <person> French anatomist, 1616-1708. See: Poupart's ligament, Poupart's line. (05 Mar 2000) |
| pourparty | A division; a divided share. To make pourparty, to divide and apportion lands previously held in common. Origin: See Purparty. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pout | <zoology> The European whiting pout or bib. Eel pout. <zoology> See Bullhead . Origin: Cf. Eelpout. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| pouter | <zoology> A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which it is able to dilate its throat and breast. (11 Mar 1998) |