POUND

1, A place, inclosed by public authority, for the temporary detention of stray animals.. Harriman v. Fifield, 36 Vt. 345; Wooley v. Groton, 2 Cush. (Ma .) 308..A. pound-overt is said to be one that is open overhead; a pound-covert is one that is close, o.- covered over, such as a stable or other building. 2. A measure of weight. The pound avoirdupois contains 7,000 grains; the pound troy 5,700. grains. In New York, the unit or standard of weight, from which all.other weights shall be derived and ascertained, is declared to be the pound, of such magnitude that the weight of a cubic foot of distilled water, at its maximum density, weighed in a vacuum with bra weights, shall be equal to sixty-two and a half such pounds. l·Rev. St. N. Y. p. 617, § 8. 3. "Pound". ls also the name of a denoml nation of English nioney, containing twenty a hillings. It was also used in the United [s. 927]