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poind

British

/ pɪnd /

verb

to take (property of a debtor) in execution or by way of distress; distrain
to impound (stray cattle, etc)

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Etymology

Origin of poind

C15: from Scots, variant of Old English pyndan to impound

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poind

My mither hadna the money gin, as it were, the day, an' on the morn, the messengers came to poind.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 7 by Various

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