pood
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of pood
First recorded in 1545–55; from Russian pud, from Low German or Old Norse pund “pound (unit of weight and measure)”; see pound 2
Example Sentences
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We have a Russian saying that goes something like this: to achieve something difficult it is necessary to eat a pood* of salt.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was not a pood simile, for it appeared last week that even if they should be proscribed, the members of the Supreme Court intended to keep their heads.
From Time Magazine Archive
The ore continues to pass through successive reductions until a pood of it contains no more than three-fourths a zolotink of silver; less than that proportion will not pay expenses.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
The teams belong to peasants, who carry freight for a stipulated sum per pood.
From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace
A capital horse could be purchased for three sovereigns, a camel for £7 10s., while flour cost 1s. 4d. the pood of forty pounds.
From Russia As Seen and Described by Famous Writers by Singleton, Esther
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