POUND

n. Pu'u4nd. Gr., Airpo. Lat., libra, litra. Fr., livre. Ger., Pfund. A weight equivalent, in troy weight, to 12 oz., or 5,760 grains, or 373-2 grammes: in avoirdupois weight, to 16 oz., or 7,000 troy grains, or 453'6 grammes. The symbol for each is Ib.; and 175 Ib. troy= 144 Ib. avoir. [B, 81 (a, 38); a, 48.]--Foot-p. The force required to raise a ma weighing a p. through the height of a foot. [a, 48.] Cf. KlLOGRAMMETEJS. POUNDAL,, n. Pu5'u4n-d'l. A unit of force; the force exerted in causing a ma weighing a pound to move at the uniform rate of a foot a second, [a, 48.] Footp'. The force exerted in causing a ma weighing a pound to move through the space of a foot in a second, [a, 48.J [s. 328]