A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection.
A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions.
A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts).
An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore.
A wooden footstool.
An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs.
A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries.
An act that is fair and sportsmanlike.
In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication.
To play the game of cricket.
A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
The symbol # (octothorpe, hash, number sign)
A section of a canal between two adjacent locks.
A unit of mass equal to 12 troy ounces (≈ 373.242 g). Today, this is a common unit of mass when measuring precious metals, and is little used elsewhere.
a division inside a fishing stage where cod is cured in salt brine
The translated name of various non-English units of measure
Any of various units of currency used in Egypt, Lebanon, Sudan and Syria, and formerly in the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Israel.
The translated name of various non-English units of currency
Any of various units of currency formerly used in the United States.
A place for the detention of automobiles that have been illegally parked, abandoned, etc.
A hard blow.
The people who work for the pound.
The unit of currency used in the United Kingdom and its dependencies. It is divided into 100 pence. Symbol £.
A place for the detention of stray or wandering animals.
A unit of mass equal to 16 avoirdupois ounces (= 453.592 g). Today this value is the most common meaning of "pound" as a unit of weight.
To crush to pieces; to pulverize.
To eat or drink very quickly.
To strike hard, usually repeatedly.
To pitch consistently to a certain location.
To beat strongly or throb.
To make a jarring noise, as when running.
To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.
To penetrate sexually, with vigour.
To advance heavily with measured steps.