n. [ Probably originally, an inclosed body of water, and the same word as pound. See Pound an inclosure. ] A body of water, naturally or artificially confined, and usually of less extent than a lake. “Through pond or pool.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pond hen (Zool.), the American coot. See Coot (a). --
Pond lily (Bot.), the water lily. See under Water, and Illust. under Nymphæa. --
Pond snail (Zool.), any gastropod living in fresh-water ponds or lakes. The most common kinds are air-breathing snails (Pulmonifera) belonging to Limnæa, Physa, Planorbis, and allied genera. The operculated species are pectinibranchs, belonging to Melantho, Valvata, and various other genera. --
Pond spice (Bot.), an American shrub (Tetranthera geniculata) of the Laurel family, with small oval leaves, and axillary clusters of little yellow flowers. The whole plant is spicy. It grows in ponds and swamps from Virginia to Florida. --
Pond tortoise,
Pond turtle (Zool.), any freshwater tortoise of the family Emydidæ. Numerous species are found in North America. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Ponder. ] To ponder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Pleaseth you, pond your suppliant's plaint. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make into a pond; to collect, as water, in a pond by damming. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pondered p. pr. & vb. n. Pondering. ] [ L. ponderare, fr. pondus, ponderis, a weight, fr. pendere to weigh: cf. F. pondérer. See Pendant, and cf. Pound a weight. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To weigh. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To weigh in the mind; to view with deliberation; to examine carefully; to consider attentively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ponder the path of thy feet. Prov. iv. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Ponder, Consider, Muse. To consider means to view or contemplate with fixed thought. To ponder is to dwell upon with long and anxious attention, with a view to some practical result or decision. To muse is simply to think upon continuously with no definite object, or for the pleasure it gives. We consider any subject which is fairly brought before us; we ponder a concern involving great interests; we muse on the events of childhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To think; to deliberate; to muse; -- usually followed by on or over. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pondérabilité. ] The quality or state of being ponderable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ponderabilis: cf. F. pondérable. ] Capable of being weighed; having appreciable weight. -- Pon"der*a*ble*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Cf. F. pondéral. ] Estimated or ascertained by weight; -- distinguished from numeral; as, a ponderal drachma. [ R. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ponderans, p. pr. of ponderare to weigh: cf. OF. ponderant of weight. ] Weight; gravity. [ R. ] Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to weight; as, a ponderary system. [ R. ] M'Culloch. [ 1913 Webster ]