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pond

• 1 n. Maritimes See barachois 1760 quote.

  See also: barachois (def. 1)  

• 2 n. Esp. Nfld a lake.

• 3 n. Lumbering an expanse of quiet water where logs, often retained by a boom, are penned till needed.

  See also: boom pool  holding boom  hot pond  log pond  log-pool  lumber dam  

• 4a n. Obs. a deep, still pool in a stream.

• 4b n. a small body of water formed by the back-up from a beaver dam, usually shallow and swampy away from the dam itself.

  See also: beaver pond