(n) (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds, Example: the fisherman caught a 10-pounder; their linemen are all 300-pounders
(n) a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone, Syn.pounder, muller
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. 1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises. “Compounders in politics.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime. [ 1913 Webster ]
Religious houses made compounders For the horrid actions of their founders. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. [ Eng. ] A. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]
5. (Eng. Hist.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. 1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called a ten pounder. [ 1913 Webster ]
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