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Webster 1913 Edition


Pinder

Pin′der

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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)

  1. (US, dialectal, chiefly Southern US) A peanut, the nut-like pod containing the edible seed(s) of a leguminous plant.
  2. (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)

  1. (obsolete) One who impounds; a poundkeeper.

References

  • pinder in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913