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Webster 1913 Edition


Poind

Poind

(poind)
,
Verb.
T.
[See
Pound
to confine.]
1.
To impound, as cattle.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Flavel.
2.
To distrain.
[Scot.]
Sir W. Scott.

Definition 2024


poind

poind

English

Noun

poind (plural poinds)

  1. (obsolete, Scotland) A seizure of property etc in lieu of a debt; the animal or property so seized

Verb

poind (third-person singular simple present poinds, present participle poinding, simple past and past participle poinded)

  1. (obsolete, Scotland) To seize property in this manner