1. To strike heavy blows; to beat.
2. (Mach.)
Defn: To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds.
POUND Pound, n. Etym: [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.]
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. Shak.
2. A level stretch in a canal between locks.
3. (Fishing)
Defn: 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.
POUND
Pound, v. t.
Defn: To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. Milton.