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pound
to pound, to beat or knock. Who's that pounds at the door so? Who's that knocks at the door? Glouc. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
1) To beat. How the milling cove pounded the cull for being nuts on his blowen; how the boxer beat the fellow for taking liberties with his mistress.
2) A prison.
See lob's pound.
to pound, to beat or knock. Who's that pounds at the door so? Who's that knocks at the door? Glouc. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose