< 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
POOD, a Russian weight, equivalent to 40 ℔ Russian and about 36 ℔ avoirdupois. A little more than 62 poods go to the ton. The word is an adaptation of the Low German or Norse pund, pound.
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