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]