Lexicographical Neighbors of Pownd
Literary usage of Pownd
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire: Illustrative of the by William Hector (1878)
"It A plaks worth of bleu: It Half a pownd of sop, £oo 02 04 It Four ounce of
stiffen, and half an ounce of bleu, oo 04 04 It A quarter pownd of sop, ..."
2. The Public Records of the Colony of Connecticut [1636-1776] by Connecticut, Connecticut General Assembly, Connecticut Council, Council of Safety (Conn.)., James Hammond Trumbull, Charles Jeremy Hoadly (1868)
"... two shillings and six pence, and for those aboue fifty pownd not exceding two
hundreds ... pownd ..."
3. Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society by Connecticut Historical Society (1897)
"they are in the pownd after notis giuen to them/ <fe in case the owners of the
hoges canot be found he y* keepes the pound is to ..."
4. Report and Transactions (1888)
"Itm a pownd of blacke threde . . ij8 vjd Itm halfe a pownd of ... Itm iij qa &
a halfe a pownd of peper . . ij8 xjd Itm xv ..."
5. The Law-French Dictionary Alphabetically Digested: Very Useful for All Young ...by F. O. by F. O. (1718)
"It is divided into pownd open and pownd cloie. pownd open or Overt, is not only
the Lord's pownd, but a Back-fide, Court, Yard, ..."
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