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Pounce (?), n. [F. ponce pumice, pounce, fr. L. pumex, -icis, pumice. See Pumice.]
1. A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
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2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
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Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce. -- Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing.
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Pounce (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pounded (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Pouncing (?).] To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, “to pounce paper, or a pattern”.
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Pounce, n. [Prob. through French, from an assumed LL. punctiare to prick, L. pungere, punctum. See Puncheon, Punch, v. t.]
1. The claw or talon of a bird of prey. Spenser. Burke.
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2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] “A pounce to print money with.” Withals.
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3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] Homilies.
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Pounce, v. t.
1. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons. [Archaic]
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Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren. Cowper.
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Now pounce him lightly,
And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. J. Fletcher.
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2. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
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Pounce, v. i. To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, “a hawk pounces upon a chicken”. Also used figuratively.
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Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility. Jeffrey.
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