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Word Meanings - POUNDING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating. 2. A pounded or pulverized substance. "Covered with the poundings of these rocks." J. S. Blackie.

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  • BREAKMAN
    See BRAKEMAN
  • BRUISEWORT
    A plant supposed to heal bruises, as the true daisy, the soapwort, and the comfrey.
  • BEATIFIC; BEATIFICAL
    Having the power to impart or complete blissful enjoyment; blissful. "The beatific vision." South. -- Be`a*tif"ic*al*ly, adv.
  • BREAKABLE
    Capable of being broken.
  • COVER-POINT
    The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."
  • COVERLET
    The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture. Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.
  • COVERCLE
    A small cover; a lid. Sir T. Browne.
  • PULVERIZATION
    The action of reducing to dust or powder.
  • BEATIFICATION
    The act of beatifying, or the state of being beatified; esp., in the R. C. Church, the act or process of ascertaining and declaring that a deceased person is one of "the blessed," or has attained the second degree of sanctity, -- usually a stage
  • POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
    The keeper of a pound.
  • POUNDCAKE
    A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.
  • POUND
    1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat. With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks. Dryden. 2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as,
  • BEATIFICATE
    To beatify. Fuller.
  • POUNDER
    1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill. 2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle. 3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying
  • COVERT BARON
    Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.
  • THESE
    The plural of this. See This.
  • BREAKAWAY
    A wild rush of sheep, cattle, horses, or camels (especially at the smell or the sight of water); a stampede. 2. An animal that breaks away from a herd.
  • COVERTNESS
    Secrecy; privacy.
  • BEATER
    1. One who, or that which, beats. 2. A person who beats up game for the hunters. Black.
  • PULVERIZER
    One who, or that which, pulverizes.
  • MAKE AND BREAK
    Any apparatus for making and breaking an electric circuit; a circuit breaker.
  • LAWBREAKER
    One who disobeys the law; a criminal. -- Law"break`ing, n. & a.
  • RECOVER
    To cover again. Sir W. Scott.
  • TEN-POUNDER
    A large oceanic fish found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.
  • DRUMBEAT
    The sound of a beaten drum; drum music. Whose morning drumbeat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England. D. Webster.
  • WINTER-BEATEN
    Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter. Spenser.
  • ASSAY POUND
    A small standard weight used in assaying bullion, etc., sometimes equaling 0.5 gram, but varying with the assayer.
  • IMPOUNDER
    One who impounds.
  • TRABEATED
    Furnished with an entablature.
  • OATHBREAKING
    The violation of an oath; perjury. Shak
  • DEADBEAT
    Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation.
  • PEACEBREAKER
    One who disturbs the public peace. -- Peace"break`ing, n.
  • CHALYBEATE
    Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs.

 

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