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Webster 1913 Edition
Pounce
1.
A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, – formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
2.
Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, – used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
Pounce box
, a box for sprinkling pounce.
– Pounce paper
, a transparent paper for tracing.
Pounce
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pounded
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pouncing
.] To sprinkle or rub with pounce;
as, to
. pounce
paper, or a patternPounce
,Noun.
1.
The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
Spenser. Burke.
2.
A punch or stamp.
[Obs.]
“A pounce to print money with.” Withals.
3.
Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
[Obs.]
Homilies.
Pounce
,Verb.
T.
1.
To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
[Archaic]
Stooped from his highest pitch to
pounce
a wren. Cowper.
Now
And as he roars and rages, let’s go deeper.
pounce
him lightly,And as he roars and rages, let’s go deeper.
J. Fletcher.
2.
To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Elyot.
Pounce
,Verb.
I.
To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; – with on or upon;
as, a hawk
. Also used figuratively. pounces
upon a chickenDerision is never so agonizing as when it
pounces
on the wanderings of misguided sensibility. Jeffrey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pounce
POUNCE
,Noun.
1.
Gum-sandarach pulverized, a fine powder used to prevent ink from spreading on paper.2.
Charcoal dust inclosed in some open stuff, as muslin, &c. to be passed over holes pricked in the work, to mark the lines or designs on a paper underneath. This kind of pounce is used by embroiderers to transfer their patterns upon their stuffs; also by lace-makers,and sometimes by engravers. It is also used in varnishing.3.
Cloth worked in eyelet-holes.POUNCE
,Verb.
T.
POUNCE
,Noun.
POUNCE
,Verb.
I.