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pound ((2)) ((v.)) 2 Hist. 
v. prepare meat for pemmican by pounding it to powder between two stones, an Indian practice adopted by the white man in the old Northwest.
See also: pounded meat
- 1770 (1911) We agreed to stay here for a day or two, to dry and pound some of the carcases to take with us.
- 1834 (1963) Busily employed drying and pounding meat to render it more portable.
- 1921 Here they remained for about ten days, drying and pounding caribou meat and cutting light tepee poles for use on the Barren Grounds, where no poles could be found.
- 1770 (1911) We agreed to stay here for a day or two, to dry and pound some of the carcases to take with us.