Pun: alternatives and connections

A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Troy weight. It was divided into twelve ounces.

A piece of ordnance carrying a 12 pound shot.

To pound, beat, rub, or grind small or fine.

The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, on…

To beat, pound, or together.

To strike; to thump; to pound.

A unit of measure for dynamical effect or work; a foot pound. See Foot pound.

The unit of work or energy in the C. G. S. system, being the amount of work done by a dyne working through a distance of one centimete…

A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of on…

The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the…

place or shut up in a pound; "pound the cows so they don't stray"

One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of anything; as, the keeper of a park, a pound, of sheep, of a gate, etc. ; the keep…

A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc. ; also, a line of gut, to which the snell of a fly hook is attached.

Of a pound weight.

A large fish pound used for the capture of the tunny in the Mediterranean; also applied to the seines used for the same purpose.

A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 437/ grains.

Denoting pound weight for one thousand; -- used in combination, with respect to nails; as, tenpenny nails, nails of which one thousand…

A Spanish dollar; also, an Argentine, Chilian, Colombian, etc., coin, equal to from 75 cents to a dollar; also, a pound weight.