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Pot"ash` (?), n. [Pot + ash.] (Chem.) (a) The hydroxide of potassium hydrate, a hard white brittle substance, KOH, having strong caustic and alkaline properties; -- hence called also caustic potash. (b) The impure potassium carbonate obtained by leaching wood ashes, either as a strong solution (lye), or as a white crystalline (pearlash).
Pot"ash`es (?), n. pl. (Chem.) Potash. [Obs.]
Po*tas"sa (?), n. [NL., fr. E. potash.] (Chem.) (a) Potassium oxide. [Obs.] (b) Potassium hydroxide, commonly called caustic potash.
Pot`ass*am"ide (?), n. [Potassium + amide.] (Chem.) A yellowish brown substance obtained by heating potassium in ammonia.
Po*tas"sic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, potassium.
Po*tas"si*um (?), n. [NL. See Potassa, Potash.] (Chem.) An Alkali element having atomic number 19, occurring abundantly but always combined, as in the chloride, sulphate, carbonate, or silicate, in the minerals sylvite, kainite, orthoclase, muscovite, etc. Atomic weight 39.1. Symbol K (Kalium).
It is reduced from the carbonate as a soft white metal, lighter than water, which oxidizes with the greatest readiness, and, to be preserved, must be kept under liquid hydrocarbons, as naphtha or kerosene. Its compounds are very important, being used in glass making, soap making, in fertilizers, and in many drugs and chemicals.
Potassium permanganate, the salt KMnO4, crystallizing in dark red prisms having a greenish surface color, and dissolving in water with a beautiful purple red color; -- used as an oxidizer and disinfectant. The name chameleon mineral is applied to this salt and also to potassium manganate. -- Potassium bitartrate. See Cream of tartar, under Cream.
Pot`ass*ox"yl (?), n. [Potassium + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical KO, derived from, and supposed to exist in, potassium hydroxide and other compounds.
Po*ta"tion (?), n. [L. potatio, fr. potare. See Potable.] 1. The act of drinking. Jer. Taylor.
2. A draught. "Potations pottle deep." Shak.
3. Drink; beverage. "Thin potations." Shak.
Po*ta"to (?), n.; pl. Potatoes (#). [Sp. patata potato, batata sweet potato, from the native American name (probably batata) in Hayti.] (Bot.) (a) A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico. (b) The sweet potato (see below).
Potato beetle, Potato bug. (Zoˆl.) (a) A beetle (Doryphora decemlineata) which feeds, both in the larval and adult stages, upon the leaves of the potato, often doing great damage. Called also Colorado potato beetle, and Doryphora. See Colorado beetle. (b) The Lema trilineata, a smaller and more slender striped beetle which feeds upon the potato plant, bur does less injury than the preceding species. -- Potato fly (Zoˆl.), any one of several species of blister beetles infesting the potato vine. The black species (Lytta atrata), the striped (L. vittata), and the gray (L. cinerea, or Fabricii) are the most common. See Blister beetle, under Blister. -- Potato rot, a disease of the tubers of the potato, supposed to be caused by a kind of mold (Peronospora infestans), which is first seen upon the leaves and stems. -- Potato weevil (Zoˆl.), an American weevil (Baridius trinotatus) whose larva lives in and kills the stalks of potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop. -- Potato whisky, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made from potatoes or potato starch. -- Potato worm (Zoˆl.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or hawk moth (Macrosila quinquemaculata); -- called also tomato worm. See Illust. under Tomato. -- Seaside potato (Bot.), Ipomúa Pes-CaprÊ, a kind of morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed leaves. [West Indies] -- Sweet potato (Bot.), a climbing plant (Ipomúa Balatas) allied to the morning-glory. Its farinaceous tubers have a sweetish taste, and are used, when cooked, for food. It is probably a native of Brazil, but is cultivated extensively in the warmer parts of every continent, and even as far north as New Jersey. The name potato was applied to this plant before it was to the Solanum tuberosum, and this is the "potato" of the Southern United States. -- Wild potato. (Bot.) (a) A vine (Ipomúa pandurata) having a pale purplish flower and an enormous root. It is common in sandy places in the United States. (b) A similar tropical American plant (I. fastigiata) which it is thought may have been the original stock of the sweet potato.
Po*ta"tor (?), n. [L.] A drinker. [R.] Southey.
Po"ta*to*ry (?), a. [L. potatorius, from potare to drink.] Of or pertaining to drinking. Ld. Lytton.
Pot"-bel`lied (?), a. Having a protuberant belly, like the bottom of a pot.
Pot"-bel`ly (?), n. A protuberant belly.
Pot"boil`er (?), n. A term applied derisively to any literary or artistic work, and esp. a painting, done simply for money and the means of living. [Cant]
Pot"boy` (?), n. A boy who carries pots of ale, beer, etc.; a menial in a public house.
Potch (?), v. i. [Cf. Poach to stab.] To thrust; to push. [Obs.] "I 'll potch at him some way." Shak.
Potch, v. t. See Poach, to cook. [Obs.] Wiseman.
Potch"er (?), n. One who, or that which, potches.
Potcher engine (Paper Making), a machine in which washed rags are stirred in a bleaching solution.
Pot"e*ca*ry (?), n. An apothecary. [Obs.]
Po*teen" (?), n. [Cf. Ir. potaim, poitim, I drink, poitin a small pot.] Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry. [Written also potheen, and potteen.]
Po"te*lot (?), n. [F.,; cf. G. pottloth black lead.] (Old Chem. & Min.) Molybdenum sulphide.
Po"tence (?), n. [F., fr. LL. potentia staff, crutch, L., might, power. See Potency.] Potency; capacity. [R.] Sir W. Hamilton.
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Po"ten*cy (?), n. [L. potentia, from potens, -entis, potent. See Potent, and cf. Potance, Potence, Puissance.] The quality or state of being potent; physical or moral power; inherent strength; energy; ability to effect a purpose; capability; efficacy; influence. "Drugs of potency." Hawthorne.
A place of potency and away o' the state.
Shak.
Po"tent (?), a. [L. potens, - entis, p. pr. of posse to be able, to have power, fr. potis able, capable (akin to Skr. pati master, lord) + esse to be. See Host a landlord, Am, and cf. Despot, Podesta, Possible, Power, Puissant.] 1. Producing great physical effects; forcible; powerful' efficacious; as, a potent medicine. "Harsh and potent injuries." Shak.
Moses once more his potent rod extends.
Milton.
2. Having great authority, control, or dominion; puissant; mighty; influential; as, a potent prince. "A potent dukedom." Shak.
Most potent, grave, and reverend signiors.
Shak.
3. Powerful, in an intellectual or moral sense; having great influence; as, potent interest; a potent argument.
Cross potent. (Her.) See Illust. (7) of Cross.
Syn. -- Powerful; mighty; puissant; strong; able; efficient; forcible; efficacious; cogent; influential.
Po"tent, n. 1. A prince; a potentate. [Obs.] Shak.
2. [See Potence.] A staff or crutch. [Obs.]
3. (Her.) One of the furs; a surface composed of patches which are supposed to represent crutch heads; they are always alternately argent and azure, unless otherwise specially mentioned.
Counter potent (Her.), a fur differing from potent in the arrangement of the patches.
Po"ten*ta*cy (?), n. [See Potentate.] Sovereignty. [Obs.]
Po"ten*tate (?), n. [LL. potentatus, fr. potentare to exercise power: cf. F. potentat. See Potent, a.] One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch.
The blessed and only potentate.
1 Tim. vi. 15.
Cherub and seraph, potentates and thrones.
Milton.
Po*ten"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. potentiel. See Potency.] 1. Being potent; endowed with energy adequate to a result; efficacious; influential. [Obs.] "And hath in his effect a voice potential." Shak.
2. Existing in possibility, not in actuality. "A potential hero." Carlyle.
Potential existence means merely that the thing may be at ome time; actual existence, that it now is.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Potential cautery. See under Cautery. -- Potential energy. (Mech.) See the Note under Energy. -- Potential mood, or mode (Gram.), that form of the verb which is used to express possibility, liberty, power, will, obligation, or necessity, by the use of may, can, must, might, could, would, or should; as, I may go; he can write.
Po*ten"tial, n. 1. Anything that may be possible; a possibility; potentially. Bacon.
2. (Math.) In the theory of gravitation, or of other forces acting in space, a function of the rectangular coordinates which determine the position of a point, such that its differential coefficients with respect to the coˆrdinates are equal to the components of the force at the point considered; -- also called potential function, or force function. It is called also Newtonian potential when the force is directed to a fixed center and is inversely as the square of the distance from the center.
3. (Elec.) The energy of an electrical charge measured by its power to do work; hence, the degree of electrification as referred to some standard, as that of the earth; electro-motive force.
Po*ten`ti*al"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being potential; possibility, not actuality; inherent capability or disposition, not actually exhibited.
Po*ten"tial*ly (?), adv. 1. With power; potently. [Obs.]
2. In a potential manner; possibly, not positively.
The duration of human souls is only potentially infinite.
Bentley.
Po*ten"ti*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Potentiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Potentiating.] To render active or potent. Coleridge.
Po*ten`ti*om"e*ter (?), n. [Potential + -meter.] (Elec.) An instrument for measuring or comparing electrial potentials or electro-motive forces.
Po"ten*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Potentized; p. pr. & vb. n. Potentizing.] To render the latent power of (anything) available. Dunglison.
Po"tent*ly (?), adv. With great force or energy; powerfully; efficaciously. "You are potently opposed." Shak.
Po"tent*ness, n. The quality or state of being potent; powerfulness; potency; efficacy.
Po"tes*tate (?), n. A chief ruler; a potentate. [Obs.] Wyclif. "An irous potestate." Chaucer.
Po*tes"ta*tive (?), a. [L. potestativus, fr. potestas power: cf. F. potestatif. See Potent.] Authoritative. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.
Pot"gun` (?), n. 1. A pot-shaped cannon; a mortar. [Obs.] "Twelve potguns of brass." Hakluyt.
2. A popgun. [Obs.] Swift.
Poth"e*ca*ry (?), n. An apothecary. [Obs.]
Po*theen" (?), n. See Poteen.
Poth"er (?), n. [Cf. D. peuteren to rummage, poke. Cf. Potter, Pudder.] Bustle; confusion; tumult; flutter; bother. [Written also potter, and pudder.] "What a pother and stir!" Oldham. "Coming on with a terrible pother." Wordsworth.
Poth"er, v. i. To make a bustle or stir; to be fussy.
Poth"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pothered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pothering.] To harass and perplex; to worry. "Pothers and wearies himself." Locke.
Pot"hole` (?), n. A circular hole formed in the rocky beds of rivers by the grinding action of stones or gravel whirled round by the water in what was at first a natural depression of the rock.
Pot"hook` (?), n. 1. An S-shaped hook on which pots and kettles are hung over an open fire.
2. A written character curved like a pothook; (pl.) a scrawled writing. "I long to be spelling her Arabic scrawls and pothooks." Dryden.
Pot"house` (?), n. An alehouse. T. Warton.
{ ||Po`ti*cho*ma"ni*a (?), ||Po`ti*cho*ma"nie (?), } n. [F. potichomanie; potiche a porcelain vase + manie mania.] The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware.
Po"tion (?), n. [L. potio, from potare to drink: cf. F. potion. See Poison.] A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine. Shak.
Po"tion (?), v. t. To drug. [Obs.] Speed.
Pot"lid` (?), n. The lid or cover of a pot.
Potlid valve, a valve covering a round hole or the end of a pipe or pump barrel, resembling a potlid in form.
Pot"luck` (?), n. Whatever may chance to be in the pot, or may be provided for a meal.
A woman whose potluck was always to be relied on.
G. Eliot.
To take potluck, to take what food may chance to be provided.
Pot"man (?), n.; pl. Potmen (&?;). 1. A pot companion. [Obs.] Life of A. Wood (1663).
2. A servant in a public house; a potboy.
||Po*too" (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A large South American goatsucker (Nyctibius ||grandis).
||Po`to*roo" (?), n. (Zoˆl.) Any small kangaroo belonging to ||Hypsiprymnus, Bettongia, and allied genera, native of Australia and ||Tasmania. Called also kangaroo rat.
Pot"pie` (?), n. A meat pie which is boiled instead of being baked.
Pot`pour`ri" (?), n. [F., fr. pot pot + pourri, p. p. of pourrir to rot, L. putrere. Cf. Olla-podrida.] A medley or mixture. Specifically: (a) A ragout composed of different sorts of meats, vegetables, etc., cooked together. (b) A jar or packet of flower leaves, perfumes, and spices, used to scent a room. (c) A piece of music made up of different airs strung together; a medley. (d) A literary production composed of parts brought together without order or bond of connection.
Pots"dam group` (&?;). (Geol.) A subdivision of the Primordial or Cambrian period in American geology; -- so named from the sandstone of Potsdam, New York. See Chart of Geology.
{ Pot"shard` (?), Pot"share` (?), } n. A potsherd. [Obs.] Spenser.
Pot"sherd` (?), n. [Pot + sherd or shard.] A piece or fragment of a broken pot. Job ii. 8.
Pot"stone` (?), n. (Min.) A variety of steatite sometimes manufactured into culinary vessels.
Pot"-sure` (-shr), a. Made confident by drink. [Obs.]
Pott (?), n. A size of paper. See under Paper.
Pot"tage (?; 48), n. [F. potage, fr. pot pot. See Pot, and cf. Porridge, Porringer.] A kind of food made by boiling vegetables or meat, or both together, in water, until soft; a thick soup or porridge. [Written also potage.] Chaucer.
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentils.
Gen. xxv. 34.
Pot"tain (?), n. Old pot metal. [Obs.] Holland.
Pot*teen" (?), n. See Poteen.
Pot"ter (?), n. [Cf. F. potier.] 1. One whose occupation is to make earthen vessels. Ps. ii. 9.
The potter heard, and stopped his wheel.
Longfellow.
2. One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey.
3. One who pots meats or other eatables.
4. (Zoˆl.) The red-bellied terrapin. See Terrapin.
Potter's asthma (Med.), emphysema of the lungs; -- so called because very prevalent among potters. Parkers. -- Potter's clay. See under Clay. -- Potter's field, a public burial place, especially in a city, for paupers, unknown persons, and criminals; -- so named from the field south of Jerusalem, mentioned in Matt. xxvii. 7. -- Potter's ore. See Alquifou. -- Potter's wheel, a horizontal revolving disk on which the clay is molded into form with the hands or tools. "My thoughts are whirled like a potter's wheel." Shak. -- Potter wasp (Zoˆl.), a small solitary wasp (Eumenes fraternal) which constructs a globular nest of mud and sand in which it deposits insect larvÊ, such as cankerworms, as food for its young.
Pot"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pottered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pottering.] [Cf. W. pwtio to poke, or OD. poteren to search one thoroughly, Sw. pÂta, peta, to pick, E. pother, put.] 1. To busy one's self with trifles; to labor with little purpose, energy, of effect; to trifle; to pother.
Pottering about the Mile End cottages.
Mrs. Humphry Ward.
2. To walk lazily or idly; to saunter.
Pot"ter, v. t. To poke; to push; also, to disturb; to confuse; to bother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Pot"tern (?), a. Of or pertaining to potters.
Pottern ore, a species of ore which, from its aptness to vitrify like the glazing of potter's wares, the miners call by this name. Boyle.
Pot"ter*y (?), n.; pl. Potteries (#). [F. poterie, fr. pot. See Pot.] 1. The vessels or ware made by potters; earthenware, glazed and baked.
2. The place where earthen vessels are made.
Pot"ting (?), n. 1. Tippling. [Obs.] Shak.
2. The act of placing in a pot; as, the potting of plants; the potting of meats for preservation.
3. The process of putting sugar in casks for cleansing and draining. [West Indies] B. Edwards.
Pot"tle (?), n. [OE. potel, OF. potel, dim. of pot. See Pot.] 1. A liquid measure of four pints.
2. A pot or tankard. Shak.
A dry pottle of sack before him.
Sir W. Scott.
3. A vessel or small basket for holding fruit.
He had a . . . pottle of strawberries in one hand.
Dickens.
Pottle draught, taking a pottle of liquor at one draught. [ Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
||Pot"to (?), n. (Zoˆl.) (a) A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of ||the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary ||forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog. (b) The kinkajou.
Pott's" dis*ease" (?). (Med.) Caries of the vertebrÊ, frequently resulting in curvature of the spine and paralysis of the lower extremities; -- so named from Percival Pott, an English surgeon.
Pott's fracture, a fracture of the lower end of the fibula, with displacement of the tibia. Dunglison.
Pot"u*lent (?), a. [L. potulentus, fr. potus a drinking, drink, fr. potare to drink.] 1. Fit to drink; potable. [Obs.] Johnson.
2. Nearly drunk; tipsy. [Obs.]
Pot"-val`iant (?), a. Having the courage given by drink. Smollett.
Pot"-wal`lop*er (?), n. 1. A voter in certain boroughs of England, where, before the passage of the reform bill of 1832, the qualification for suffrage was to have boiled (walloped) his own pot in the parish for six months.
2. One who cleans pots; a scullion. [Slang, U. S.]
Pouch (?), n. [F. poche a pocket, pouch, bag; probably of Teutonic origin. See Poke a bag, and cf. Poach to cook eggs, to plunder.] 1. A small bag; usually, a leathern bag; as, a pouch for money; a shot pouch; a mail pouch, etc.
2. That which is shaped like, or used as, a pouch; as: (a) A protuberant belly; a paunch; -- so called in ridicule. (b) (Zoˆl.) A sac or bag for carrying food or young; as, the cheek pouches of certain rodents, and the pouch of marsupials. (c) (Med.) A cyst or sac containing fluid. S. Sharp. (d) (Bot.) A silicle, or short pod, as of the shepherd's purse. (e) A bulkhead in the hold of a vessel, to prevent grain, etc., from shifting.
Pouch mouth, a mouth with blubbered or swollen lips.
Pouch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pouched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pouching.] 1. To put or take into a pouch.
2. To swallow; -- said of fowls. Derham.
3. To pout. [Obs.] Ainsworth.
4. To pocket; to put up with. [R.] Sir W. Scott.
Pouched (?), a. (Zoˆl.) (a) Having a marsupial pouch; as, the pouched badger, or the wombat. (b) Having external cheek pouches; as, the pouched gopher. (c) Having internal cheek pouches; as, the pouched squirrels.
Pouched dog. (Zoˆl.) See Zebra wolf, under Zebra. -- Pouched frog (Zoˆl.), the nototrema, the female of which has a dorsal pouch in which the eggs are hatched, and in which the young pass through their brief tadpole stage. -- Pouched gopher, or Pouched rat. (Zoˆl.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. -- Pouched mouse. (Zoˆl.) See Pocket mouse, under Pocket.
Pou"chet box` (?). See Pouncet box.
Pouch"-mouthed` (?), a. Having a pouch mouth; blobber-lipped.
Pou*chong" (?), n. A superior kind of souchong tea. De Colange.
Pouch"-shell` (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small British and American pond snail (Bulinus hypnorum).
Pou"dre (?), n. [See Powder.] Dust; powder. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Poudre marchant [see Merchant], a kind of flavoring powder used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Pou*drette" (?), n. [F., dim. of poudre dust, powder. See Powder.] A manure made from night soil, dried and mixed with charcoal, gypsum, etc.
Pou*laine" (?), n. [F. soulier ‡ la poulaine.] A long pointed shoe. See Cracowes.
Poul"da`vis (?), n. Same as Poledavy. [Obs.]
Poul"der (?), n. & v. Powder. [Obs.]
Poul"dron (?), n. See Pauldron.
{ Poulp, Poulpe (?) }, n. [F. poulpe, fr. L. polypus. See Polyp.] (Zoˆl.) Same as Octopus.
Musk poulp (Zoˆl.), a Mediterranean octopod (Eledone moschata) which emits a strong odor of musk.
Poult (?), n. [OF. pulte, F. poulet, dim. of poule fowl. See Pullet.] A young chicken, partridge, grouse, or the like. King. Chapman.
Starling the heath poults or black game.
R. Jefferise.
Poul"ter (?), n. [OE. pulter. See Poult.] A poulterer. [Obs.] Shak.
Poul"ter*er (?), n. One who deals in poultry.
Poul"tice (?), n. [L. puls, pl. pultes, a thick pap; akin to Gr. po`ltos. Cf. Pulse seeds.] A soft composition, as of bread, bran, or a mucilaginous substance, to be applied to sores, inflamed parts of the body, etc.; a cataplasm. "Poultice relaxeth the pores." Bacon.
Poul"tice, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Poulticed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Poulticing (?).] To apply a poultice to; to dress with a poultice.
Poul"tive (?), n. A poultice. [Obs.] W. Temple.
Poul"try (?), n. [From Poult.] Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.
Pounce (?), n. [F. ponce pumice, pounce, fr. L. pumex, -icis, pumice. See Pumice.] 1. A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
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2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce. -- Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing.
Pounce (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pounded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pouncing (?).] To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
Pounce, n. [Prob. through French, from an assumed LL. punctiare to prick, L. pungere, punctum. See Puncheon, Punch, v. t.] 1. The claw or talon of a bird of prey. Spenser. Burke.
2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] "A pounce to print money with." Withals.
3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] Homilies.
Pounce, v. t. 1. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons. [Archaic]
Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren.
Cowper.
Now pounce him lightly, And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper.
J. Fletcher.
2. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
Pounce, v. i. To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.
Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility.
Jeffrey.
Pounced (?), a. 1. Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle. Thomson.
2. Ornamented with perforations or dots. [Obs.] "Gilt bowls pounced and pierced." Holinshed.
Poun"cet box` (?). [Cf. F. poncette, fr. ponce pounce. See Pounce a powder.] A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes. Shak.
Poun"cing (?), n. 1. The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.
2. Decorative perforation of cloth. [Obs.]
Pound (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pounding.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. Pun a play on words.] 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.
Dryden.
2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine
## particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice
or salt.
Pound, v. i. 1. To strike heavy blows; to beat.
2. (Mach.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.