Emily Dickinson Lexicon

POND, v.t.²

To ponder. [Not in use.] – Spenser.

PON'DER, v.t. [L. pondero, from pondo, pondus, a pound; pendeo, pendo, to weigh; and Pers. پِنْدَاشَتَن pindashatan, and بَنْدَازِيدَنْ bandazidan, to think, to consider.]

1. To weigh in the mind; to consider and compare the circumstances or consequences of an event, or the importance of the reasons for or against a decision. Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. – Luke ii.
2. To view with deliberation; to examine. Ponder the path of thy feet. – Prov. iv. The Lord pondereth the hearts. – Prov. xxi. To ponder on, is sometimes used, but is not to be countenanced.

PON-DER-A-BIL'I-TY, n.

The state of being ponderable.

PON'DER-A-BLE, a.

That may be weighed; capable of being weighed. – Brown.

PON'DER-AL, a. [from L. pondus, weight.]

Estimated or ascertained by weight, as distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma. – Arbuthnot.

PON'DER-ANCE, n.

Weight; gravity. – Gregory.

PON'DER-ATE, v.t.

To weigh in the mind; to consider. [Not in use.] – Ch. Relig. Appeal.

PON-DER-A'TION, n.

The act of weighing. – Arbuthnot.

PON'DER-ED, pp.

Weighed in the mind; considered; examined by intellectual operation.

PON'DER-ER, n.

One that weighs in his mind. – Whitlock.

PON'DER-ING, ppr.

Weighing intellectually; considering; deliberating on.

PON'DER-ING-LY, adv.

With consideration or deliberation. – Hammond.

PON-DER-OS'I-TY, n.

Weight; gravity; heaviness. – Brown. Ray.

PON'DER-OUS, a. [L. ponderosus; It. Sp. and Port. ponderoso.]

1. Very heavy; weighty; as, a ponderous shield; a ponderous load.
2. Important; momentous; as, a ponderous project. [This application of the word is unusual.]
3. Forcible; strongly impulsive; as, a motion vehement or ponderous; a ponderous blow. – Bacon. Dryden. Ponderous spar, heavy spar, or baryte.

PON'DER-OUS-LY, adv.

With great weight.

PON'DER-OUS-NESS, n.

Weight; heaviness; gravity. – Boyle.

POND'-WEED, n. [pond and weed.]

A plant of the genus Potamogeton. The triple-headed pond-weed is of the genus Zannichellia.

PO'NENT, a. [It. ponente, the west; L. ponens, from pono, to set.]

Western; as, the ponent winds. [Little used.] – Milton.

PON'GO, n.

A name of the orang outang. Dict. Nat. Hist. The name pongo was applied by Buffon to a large species of orang outang which is now ascertained to have been an imaginary animal. It is applied by Cuvier to the largest species of ape known, which inhabits Borneo, and resembles the true orang outang in its general form and erect position, but has the cheek pouches and lengthened muzzle of the baboon. It has also been applied (Ed. Encyc.) to the Simia troglodytes or chimpanzee of Cuvier, a native of Western Africa. – Cuvier. Ed. Encyc.

PON-IARD, n. [pon'yard; Fr. poignard; It. pugnale; Sp. puñal; Port. punhal. There is an appearance of the formation of this word from the name of the fist, Fr. poing, Sp. puño, It. pugno, L. pugnus; but this is not obvious.]

A small dagger; a pointed instrument for stabbing, borne in the hand or at the girdle, or in the pocket. – Encyc.

PON-IARD, v.t. [pon'yard.]

To pierce with a poniard; to stab.

PON'IARD-ED, pp.

Pierced with a poniard; stabbed.

PONK, n. [qu. W. pwca, bwg, a hobgoblin; Ice. puke.]

A nocturnal spirit; a hag. [Not in use.] – Shak.

PON-TAC', n.

A species of claret wine.

PONT'AGE, n. [L. pons, pontis, a bridge, Sp. puente, W. pont.]

A duty paid for repairing bridges. – Ayliffe.