meaning of pounder
1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.
2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.
3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc. ; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder.
4. a heavy tool of stone or iron usually with a flat base and a handle that is used to grind and mix material as grain or drugs or pigments against a slab of stone
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