Emily Dickinson Lexicon

POUND'ER, n.

1. A pestle; the instrument of pounding.
2. A person or thing denominated from a certain number of pounds; as, a cannon is called a twelve-pounder; a person of ten pounds annual income is called a ten pounder; a note or bill is called a ten-pounder. – Johnson.
3. A large pear. – Dryden.