Pond, pond, v.i. (Spens.) to ponder.
Pond, pond, n. a pool of standing water.—v.t. to make into a pond.—v.i. to collect into a pond.—ns. Pon′dage, the amount of water in a pond; Pond′-lil′y, a plant of the aquatic genus Nymphæa; Pond′-tur′tle, a terrapin, a mud turtle; Pond′weed, a common aquatic herb. [From A.S. pyndan, to shut in, thus a doublet of pound, an enclosure.]
Ponder, pon′dėr, v.t. to weigh in the mind: to think over: to consider.—v.i. to think (with on and over).—ns. Ponderabil′ity, Pon′derableness.—adjs. Pon′derable, that may be weighed: having sensible weight; Pon′deral, ascertained by weight.—ns. Pon′derance, Ponderā′tion, weight; Pon′derer, one who ponders.—adv. Pon′deringly.—ns. Pon′derling, a thing of little weight; Pon′derment, the act of pondering.—adj. Pon′derous, weighty: massive: forcible: important: clumsy or unwieldy by reason of weight.—adv. Pon′derously.—ns. Pon′derousness, Ponderos′ity, weight: heaviness: heavy matter. [L. ponderāre—pondus, pondĕris, a weight.]
Pone, pōn, n. (U.S.) bread made from Indian corn.
Ponent, pō′nent, adj. (Milt.) western.
Ponerology, pon-ē-rol′ō-ji, n. (theol.) the doctrine of wickedness. [Gr. ponēros, bad.]
Pongee, pon-jē′, n. a soft kind of silk, woven in China from the cocoons of a wild silkworm. [Chin.]
Pongo, pong′gō, n. a large anthropoid ape of Borneo.
Poniard, pon′yard, n. a small dagger for stabbing.—v.t. to stab with a poniard. [Fr. poignard—poing, fist (It. pugno)—L. pugnus.]
Ponk, pongk, n. (Spens., Shak.) a nocturnal spirit. [A false reading for pouke=Puck.]