(a) An enclosure in which distrained or stray livestock are kept, a pound; also fig.; ~ breche, the illegal removal of stock from a pound; ~ lien, a fee paid for the release of impounded livestock; ~ man, an officer of a manor in charge of the pound; putten in ~, to impound (distrained livestock); (b) pl. poundes, the right to impound stray livestock; (c) an animal seized and carried off by raiders, esp. in time of war [cp. Scot. poynd in Wyntoun Chron. 6.268/48].

(a) A pond or pool [prob. orig. man-made by the impounding of water]; a fish pond; (b) a lake; ~ of fir, the lake of fire of the Apocalypse; ~ of occean, ?an inlet of a sea; (c) ~ hede, a dam of a pond; ~ hegge, the hedge by or around a pond; ~ hous, ?a building for the cistern or tank supplying water to a household or community; ~ peni, a levy for the maintenance of ponds; ~ yerd, a yard containing or adjoining a fish pond; (d) a pit or hole; also, a ditch or moat; (e) pil or ~, a meaningless designation for a period of time; in the speech of one pretending to be mentally retarded: this day or that day.

(a) In surnames; (b) in place names [see Smith PNElem. 2.69, 74].