pondagel (pondaj)

the construction of dams for mills, reservoirs, etc., the amount of water (usually estimated in feet for mill purposes, and in gallons for waterworks) that can be restrained from overflow by the dam. It is the content of the irregular concavity below a horizontal plane on a level with the upper edge of the dam. The stream was surveyed, and demonstrated the practicability of pondage far beyond the nece ities of city supply. Sanitary Engineer , XIII. 80. Same as poundage1 . ponderous Thus did the money drachma in proce of time decrease; but all the while we may suppose the ponderal drachma to have remained the same. Arbuthnot , Anc. Coins. ponderance (pon'der-ans), n. [ ponde ran ( t- ) s , ppr. of ponder are , weigh: see ponder . ] Weight; gravity. [Rare.] ponderate (pon'der-at), v.; pret. and pp. pon derated, ppr. ponderating. [L. ponder at us, pp. of ponder are, weigh, ponder: see ponder.] I.t trans. To ponder; consider. Wright. II. in trans . To weigh; have weight or ponderosity.-Ponderating sinker, an anglers' sinker made in two sections of lead like truncated cones, fitting closely together and held fast by means of a bra screw. ponderation (pon-de-ra's hon), n . [OF. pon deration , F. pondération = Sp. ponder a cion = Pg. ponder ação = It. ponder azione , pon deratio ( n- ), a weighing, ponder are , pp. pon derat us , weigh: see ponder.] 1. The act of weighing. While we perspire we absorb the outward air, and the quantity of perspired matter, found by ponderation, is only the difference between that and the air imbibed. IMG:content-0626.png:[blocks in formation] It is not the ponderation of personal evidence for or against a word that should accredit or discredit it. F. Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 35. 3t. Something that has weight; a consider a Basins having limited pondage or available storage of rainfall. J.T. Fanning , Water-Supply Engineering, § 47. pondage2t, n. pond-apple (pond'ap"l), n . A small tree, Anona tion. laurifolia , of the West Indies and southern Florida; also, its scarcely edible fruit, which is from half a foot to a foot long. pond-carp (pond'kärp), n . The common carp, Cyprinus carpio , as bred in ponds: distinguished from river - carp . It is fleshier than the latter, but not so well-flavored. See cut under carp . pond-dogwood (pond'dog"wud), n. The but- ton-bush, a North American shrub of wet places. See button-bush. Now, because his heart told him how light those proofs were, he lays in the scales with them certaine grave pon derations , which, all put together, will prove almost as weighty as the feather he wrote with all. Bp. Hall, Honour of Married Clergy, iii. 13. [ ponderer (ponʼdėr-ér), n. One who ponders or reflects; one who weighs in his mind. ponderingly (pon'der-ing-li), adv. In a pondering manner; with consideration or deli be rap on der ling (pon'der-ling), n. -ling1.] A thing of little weight. [Rare.] The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia of being pompous; also, pompous conduct; magnificence; splendor; great display or show; ostentatiousne . IMG:content-0628.png:[blocks in formation]