Synonyms

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Sl. beerbelly, Sl. spare tire, Obs. gorbelly; (all of birds) gizzard, crop, craw, maw, ingluvies, proventriculus.
7. cyst, Both Anat., Zool. sac, bursa; All Bot. sporangium, spore case, theca.
8. blister, bubble, bleb, bladder; Anat. saccule, sac-culus, utricle; venter, ventricle; udder, teat, mammary gland; marsupium.
-v. 9. put into, pocket, bag, enclose, poultice, n. 1. plaster, mustard plaster, cataplasm, sinapism, embrocation, fomentation; compress, dressing, application, pledget; bandage, bandaging.
-v. 2. plaster, embrocate, foment, stupe, Obs. stive; bandage, dress [s.o.'s] wounds, poultry, n. fowl, domestic fowl, barnyard fowl; chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, pounce, v. 1. swoop down, descend, fall upon, come down on or upon; drop down from the clouds, come out of nowhere, come out of the blue; surprise, take by surprise, catch or take unawares.
2. lunge at, leap at, spring upon, jump at; dash at, go at, have at, come at, make a move towards, make a grab at; pitch into, light into.
pound¹, v. 1. beat, batter, pommel, pelt, lay on,

Sl. paste, Archaic, belabor; cudgel, bludgeon, baste, bastinado, cane, club, hammer, fustigate; maul, manhandle, rough up, Inf. give it to, Sl. knock around or about, Sl. give [s.o.] the business, Sl. give [s.o.] the works, Sl. work [s.o.] over, Sl. let [s.o.] have it, Sl. lay into [s.o.].
2. pulverize, triturate, comminute, levigate, bray, grind or reduce to powder or dust; smash, mash, crush, smash or crush to bits, Sl. smash or crush into smithereens.
3. beat, throb, palpitate, pulse, go pitapat; drum, thrum, beat a tattoo.
-n. 4. stroke, blow, bastinado, Scot. dunt, Scot. and North Eng. paik, punch, Inf whomp, Inf. wallop, U.S. Sl. biff, Sl. bop; buffet, hit, strike, cuff, thwack, smack, Inf. whack, Inf. clout, Sl. conk, Sl. bash. pound², n. 1. pound avoirdupois, lb., lb. av.; pound troy, lb. t.
2. pound sterling, Brit. Sl. quid; pound Scots; Irish pound. pound³, n. 1. kennel, doghouse, dog pound; confine, pen, yard, corral, kraal.
2. jail, lockup, Inf. clink, U.S. Inf. calaboose, Brit. Inf. bridewell; guardhouse, guardroom, U.S. brig; All Sl. can, cooler, coop, jug, hoosegow, boobyhatch, pokey, Brit, choky, Brit. quod, pour, v. 1. rain, rain hard, Inf. r?in cats and dogs, Inf. rain buckets, Inf. rain pitchforks, Inf. come down in buckets, Inf. come down in sheets.
2. emit, let out, give vent to, discharge; expel, disgorge, spit out; open the sluices.
3. (all in great numbers) move, proceed, go, go forth; issue, issue forth, emerge, come forth, come out, sally, sally forth.
4. flow, stream, course, run; rush, gush, gush out, spout, spurt, spew out, jet, outpour, outflow; cascade, cataract.
-n. 5. rainstorm, torrent, torrent of rain, down pour, downfall, Scot. brash, Scot. spate; flood, deluge, heavy rain, driving rain.
pout, v. 1. sulk, mope, brood, make or pull a long
face, hang the lip, look sullen, be out of sorts orhumor; grimace, make a wry face; frown, scowl, glower, knit the brows, look black, look daggers.
-n. 2. frown, scowl; grimace, wry face, Archaic. mow, Fr. moue; long face, hangdog look, poverty, n. 1. indigence, impoverishment, penury,