pound(4) (iou) and alterity (iou)

pound(4) (iou)

pound verb1.
[Old English punian rel. to Dutch puin, Low German pun.]
I. verb trans.
Break down and crush by beating, as with a pestle; reduce to pulp; pulverize. OE.
V. S. Reid The cassava will be dried and pounded..to make the..flour. J. Herriot We..pounded the tablets until we had five initial doses. fig.: P. Cutting Chatila was being pounded to rubble.
Land (heavy blows) on a person. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.
Strike severely with the fists or a heavy instrument; strike or beat with repeated heavy blows; thump, pummel. E18.
J. S. Le Fanu I danced every day, and pounded a piano. G. Stein He pounded his pillow with his fist. A. J. Cronin Women, kneeling on the stony river bank, were pounding linen.
b. Knock or hammer (a thing) in, out, etc., by repeated blows. L19.
R. Kipling The big drum pounded out the tune. L. Stephen Not simply state a reason, but pound it into a thick head by repetition.
c. Foll. by out: type (a letter, article, etc.) with heavy keystrokes. E20.
d. Walk (the streets etc.), cover on foot, esp. in search of work, business, etc.; spec. (of a police officer) patrol (a beat). colloq. (orig. US). E20.
S. Marcus He personally pounded the pavements calling on..businessmen.
II. verb intrans.
Beat or knock heavily; make a heavy beating sound; deliver heavy blows; fire heavy shot. (Foll. by at, on.) E19.
W. H. Russell Our guns pounding at the Martiniere. B. Moore Suddenly..someone pounded on the kitchen door. R. Guy Standing in the hall sweating, heart pounding. N. Hinton The Music pounded so loudly that the bass notes rattled the window.
b. Of a ship or boat: beat the water, rise and fall heavily. E20.
Ships Monthly Because of her..shallow draft she tends to pound in a heavy sea.
Move with heavy steps that beat the ground; run or ride hard and heavily. (Foll. by over, up, etc.) E19.
M. Webb Oxen and cows..went pounding away into the woods. P. Pearce James pounded up the doorsteps and into the house.
Phrases: pound away continue pounding, deliver repeated blows, (at). pounded meat N. Amer. the flesh of buffalo or Other game cut up, dried, and pulverized to form the basic ingredient of pemmican. pound one's ear slang (orig. US) sleep.
Comb.: pound-house a building in which material is pounded, pulverized, or crushed.
pounding noun (a) the action of the verb; (b) (a quantity of) pounded material; (c) a heavy crushing or beating; a resounding defeat; an onslaught resulting in heavy losses; freq. in
take a pounding: L16.

alterity (iou)

alterity noun. LME.
[Early uses from late Latin alteritas, later also from French alterite: see ALTER verb, -ITY.]
An alteration. Only in LME.
The state of being Other or different, otherness. M17.

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