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- Pounce - n. - A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
- Pounce - n. - Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
- Pounce - v. t. - To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
- Pounce - v. t. - The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
- Pounce - v. t. - A punch or stamp.
- Pounce - v. t. - Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
- Pounce - v. t. - To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
- Pounce - v. t. - To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.
- 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.
- Pounced - a. - Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle.
- Pounced - a. - Ornamented with perforations or dots.
- Pouncet box - - A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes.
- Souse - v. t. - To pounce upon.
- Pounce - v. t. - To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
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