. A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Malay kompung a village. ] In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding. ] [ OE. componen, compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set. The d is excrescent. See Position, and cf. Componé. ] 1. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite. [ 1913 Webster ]

We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else. [ 1913 Webster ]

Only compound me with forgotten dust. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To compose; to constitute. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His pomp and all what state compounds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt. [ 1913 Webster ]

I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compound for sins they are inclined to
By damning those they have no mind to. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See Compound, v. t. ] Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Compound addition,
subtraction,
multiplication,
division (Arith.), the addition, subtraction, etc., of compound numbers. --
Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition. --
Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively. --
Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether. --
Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion. --
Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction. --
Compound fracture. See Fracture. --
Compound householder, a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [ Eng. ] --
Compound interest. See Interest. --
Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny. --
Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. --
Compound microscope. See Microscope. --
Compound motion. See Motion. --
Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate number. --
Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column. --
Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities. --
Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical. --
Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d. --
Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine lathe. --
Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw). --
Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time. --
Compound word, a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the word “bishopric” was first made, it was made as a compound. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Every definite chemical compound always contains the same elements, united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same internal arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Binary compound (Chem.). See under Binary. --
Carbon compounds (Chem.). See under Carbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be compounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Aëronautics) A system of control in which a separate manipulation, as of a rudder, may be effected by either of two movements, in different directions, of a single lever, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. combined into or constituting a chemical compound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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. the act of combining things.
Syn. -- combination, combining. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Decompounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Decompounding. ] [ Pref. de- (intens. in sense 1) + compound, v. t. ] 1. To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose. [ 1913 Webster ]

It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. de- (intens.) + compound, a. ] 1. Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A decomposite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being decompounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Expounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Expounding. ] [ OE. exponen, expounen, expounden, fr. L. exponere to set out, expose, expound; ex out + ponere to put: cf. OE. expondre, expondre. See Position. ] 1. To lay open; to expose to view; to examine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He expounded both his pockets. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To lay open the meaning of; to explain; to clear of obscurity; to interpret; as, to expound a text of Scripture, a law, a word, a meaning, or a riddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Expound this matter more fully to me. Bunyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who expounds or explains; an interpreter. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mech.) A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity through a vertical distance of one foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Mech.) A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cannon that throws a 4-pound shot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Gipoun. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Jupon. ] A short cassock. [ Written also gepoun, gypoun, jupon, juppon. ] [ Obs. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impounding. ] To shut up or place in an inclosure called a pound; hence, to hold in the custody of some authority such as police or a court; as, to impound stray cattle; to impound an illegally parked car; to impound a document for safe keeping. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

But taken and impounded as a stray,
The king of Scots. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of impounding, or the state of being impounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fee or fine for impounding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who impounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) a compound containing the covalent iodine radical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Lob + pound a prison. ] A prison. [ Obs. ] Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The monetary unit of Malta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To expound erroneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ponce pumice, pounce, fr. L. pumex, -icis, pumice. See Pumice. ] 1. A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce. --
Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pounded p. pr. & vb. n. Pouncing ] To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. through French, from an assumed LL. punctiare to prick, L. pungere, punctum. See Puncheon, Punch, v. t. ] 1. The claw or talon of a bird of prey. Spenser. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A punch or stamp. [ Obs. ] “A pounce to print money with.” Withals. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [ Obs. ] Homilies. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now pounce him lightly,
And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ornamented with perforations or dots. [ Obs. ] “Gilt bowls pounced and pierced.” Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Cf. F. poncette, fr. ponce pounce. See Pounce a powder. ] A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Decorative perforation of cloth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A level stretch in a canal between locks. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pound covert, a pound that is close or covered over, as a shed. --
Pound overt, a pound that is open overhead. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pounding. ] [ OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. Pun a play on words. ] 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. [ 1913 Webster ]

With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To strike heavy blows; to beat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pounds collectively Pound or Pounds. [ AS. pund, fr. L. pondo, akin to pondus a weight, pendere to weigh. See Pendant. ] 1. A certain specified measure of mass or weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The pound in general use in the United States and in England is the pound avoirdupois, which is divided into sixteen ounces, and contains 7, 000 grains (0.453 kilogram). The pound troy is divided into twelve ounces, and contains 5, 760 grains. 144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds troy weight. See Avoirdupois, and Troy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86 in 1900 and $1.50 in 2002. The modern pound coin was introduced in 1983. Formerly there was a gold sovereign of the same value. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

☞ The pound sterling was in Saxon times, about a. d. 671, a pound troy of silver, and a shilling was its twentieth part; consequently the latter was three times as large as it is at present. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more. [ Eng. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound. Burrill. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 3d Pound. ] 1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From 5th Pound. ] (Physics & Mech.) A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13, 825 dynes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities. [ 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 ]

n. 1. The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pounded or pulverized substance. [ R. ] “Covered with the poundings of these rocks.” J. S. Blackie. [ 1913 Webster ]