Bible Dictionaries
Pounder
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pounder'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pounder.html. 1828.