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  • The act of pounding (delivering repeated heavy blows)

  • A public enclosure for stray or unlicensed dogs

  • A symbol for a unit of currency (especially for the pound sterling in Great Britain)

  • United States writer who lived in Europe; strongly influenced the development of modern literature (1885-1972)

  • A nontechnical unit of force equal to the mass of 1 pound with an acceleration of free fall equal to 32 feet/sec/sec

  • The basic unit of money in Great Britain and Northern Ireland; equal to 100 pence

  • The basic unit of money in Cyprus; equal to 100 cents

  • The basic unit of money in Egypt; equal to 100 piasters

  • Formerly the basic unit of money in Ireland; equal to 100 pence

  • The basic unit of money in Lebanon; equal to 100 piasters

  • The basic unit of money in the Sudan; equal to 100 piasters

  • The basic unit of money in Syria; equal to 100 piasters

  • 16 ounces avoirdupois

  • A unit of apothecary weight equal to 12 ounces troy

  • Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle

  • Hit hard with the hand, fist, or some heavy instrument

  • Strike or drive against with a heavy impact

  • Place or shut up in a pound

  • Shut up or confine in any enclosure or within any bounds or limits

  • Partition off into compartments

  • Move rhythmically

  • Move heavily or clumsily

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