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Paunce

Paunce

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Noun.

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(Bot.)

The pansy.

“The pretty paunce.”

Spenser.

Definition 2024

paunce

paunce

English

Noun

paunce ‎(plural paunces)

(obsolete) A piece of armour which covers the abdomen or lower body.

Related terms

paunch

Etymology 2

See pansy.

Noun

paunce ‎(plural paunces)

Obsolete form of pansy.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.1:
  She secretly would search each daintie lim, / And throw into the well sweet Rosmaryes, / And fragrant violets, and Paunces trim [...].