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单词 poundable
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poundableadj.1

Forms: pre-1700 pondabyll, pre-1700 pondeabill, pre-1700 poundabill, pre-1700 poundable, pre-1700 poundabyll.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pound v.2, -able suffix.
Etymology: < pound v.2 + -able suffix. Compare slightly earlier poindable adj.
Scots Law. Obsolete.
= poindable adj.
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society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > legal seizure or recovery of property > [adjective] > liable to be levied upon for debt > seizing goods for debt > seized for debt > able to be
strainable1508
poindable1511
poundable1527
attachablea1579
distrainable1588
1527 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 89 The ground vas pondabyll within hymselff.
1583 Burgh Court Perth 3 May He has na gudis movabill within thair jurisdicioun poundabill for the saidis sowmes.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

poundableadj.2

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pound v.3, -able suffix.
Etymology: < pound v.3 (see sense 4 at that entry) + -able suffix.
slang. Obsolete. rare.
Of an event or outcome: that is worth a bet of a pound or an extravagant amount; that is a certainty.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > certain prospect or possession > [adjective] > assured of victory
poundable1819
stiff1890
1819 J. H. Vaux New Vocab. Flash Lang. in Memoirs II. 197 Poundable, any event which is considered certain or inevitable, is declared to be poundable, as the issue of a game, the success of a bet, &c.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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