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Pone

//ˈpoʊni// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A writ in law used by the superior courts to remove cases from inferior courts. historical
  2. 2
    A baked or fried cornbread (bread made of cornmeal), often made without milk or eggs. Southern-US, countable, historical, uncountable
  3. 3
    The last player to bet or play in turn. US, historical
  4. 4
    cornbread often made without milk or eggs and baked or fried (southern) wordnet
  5. 5
    A writ to enforce appearance in court by attaching goods or requiring securities. historical

Etymology

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English pone, from Anglo-Norman pone, from Late Latin pone, from Latin pōne, imperative of pōnere (“to place”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Powhatan apones, appoans (“bread”), from Proto-Algonquian *apwa·n (“thing which has been baked or roasted”), whence also Abenaki abôn (“bread”).

Etymology 3

Perhaps borrowed from Latin ponere.

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