pound·er /ˈpaʊndɚ/
 打的人;搗的人;..磅炮;杵


 Pound·er n.
 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 a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.
 Note: ☞ Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called a ten pounder.

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 pounder
      n 1: (used only in combination) something weighing a given number
           of pounds; "the fisherman caught a 10-pounder"; "their
           linemen are all 300-pounders"
      2: 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: pestle,
          muller]