POUND. A prison. See LOB'S POUND. Pounded; imprisoned.
Shut up in the parson's pound; married. POWDER
POWDER MONKEY. A boy on board a ship of war, whose
business is to fetch powder from the magazine.
POWDERING TUB. The same as pickling tub. See
PICKLING TUB.
PRAD LAY. Cutting bags from behind horses. CANT.
PRAD. A horse. The swell flashes a rum prad: the e gentleman sports a fine horse.
PRANCER. A horse. Prancer's nab.; a horse's head, used as a seal to a counterfeit pass. At the sign of the prancer's poll, i.e. the nag's head.
PRATE ROAST. A talkative boy.
PRATING CHEAT. The tongue.
PRATTS. Buttocks; also a tinder box. CANT.
PRATTLE BROTH. Tea. See CHATTER BROTH, SCANDAL
BROTH, &c.