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Webster 1913 Edition
Pinder
Pin′der
,Noun.
[AS.
pyndan
to pen up, fr. pund
a pound.] One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
[Obs.]
Definition 2024
pinder
pinder
English
Alternative forms
Noun
pinder (plural pinders)
- (US, dialectal, chiefly Southern US) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
- (US, dialectal, chiefly Southern US) The plant Arachis hypogaea which produces the above.
Etymology 2
From Old English pyndan (“pen up”), from pund (“pound”).
Noun
pinder (plural pinders)
- (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.
References
- pinder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913