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[ Fro the poukes poundfalde no maynprise may ous fecche. Piers Plowman (C), xix. 282. pound-foolish (pound'föl'ish), a. Neglecting the care of large sums or concerns in attending to little ones: used only in the phrase penny wise and pound - foolish. See penny - wise. pounding (poun'ding), n. In coining, the proce of testing repeatedly the weight of a given number of blanks punched from a sheet of gold or silver. pounding-barrel (pounʼding-bar"el), n. A barrel to hold clothes which are pounded in hot water with a heavy pestle or pounder to clean them. H. B. Stowe, Oldtown, p. 340. pounding-machine (poun'ding-ma-shēn"), n. A stamping-mill; specifically, a powder-mill. E. H. Knight.