Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal (Scotch) form of
pind or pound. - To seize; distrain; seize and sell under warrant, as a debtor's goods.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb Obs. or Scot. To impound, as cattle.
- transitive verb Scot. To distrain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete (
Scotland ) Aseizure ofproperty etc in lieu of adebt ; the animal or property so seized - verb obsolete (
Scotland ) To seize property in this manner
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Examples
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MUZZY all the way ive shot those things through washing machines with little to no poind damage the ultimate in penatration even if you hit it in the shoulder it will punch through
Rage broadheads 2009
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MUZZY all the way ive shot those things through washing machines with little to no poind damage the ultimate in penatration even if you hit it in the shoulder it will punch through
Rage broadheads 2009
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Belleau, lamour te poind, je te pri, ne loublie.
Sonnets. iii 1920
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He'll apprehend them; poind their gear: [seize, property]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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Notes. -- _wae_, sorrowful; _maun thole_, must endure, must put up with; _factor's snash_, agent's abuse; _poind_, seize upon, sequester; _gear_, property; _hae_, have;
English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day 1873
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