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Pounce   /paʊns/   Listen
verb
Pounce  v. t.  (past & past part. pounded; pres. part. pouncing)  To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.


Pounce  v. 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." "Now pounce him lightly, And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper."
2.
To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament. (Obs.)


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. "Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility."


noun
Pounce  n.  
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  n.  
1.
The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
2.
A punch or stamp. (Obs.) "A pounce to print money with."
3.
Cloth worked in eyelet holes. (Obs.)





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"Pounce" Quotes from Famous Books



... to robin, kin understanding kin, and every bird uttering vain jargon to them that did not wear the same beak and feathers, just like ourselves, Joseph said to himself and he stood stark before a hollow into which he remembered having once been forbidden to stray lest a wolf should pounce upon him suddenly. Now he was a man, he was among men, and all had staves in their hands, and the thoughts of wolves departed at the sight of a wild fruit tree before which Jesus stopped, and calling John and James to him, as if ...
— The Brook Kerith - A Syrian story • George Moore
... the watch for such travellers as are likely to afford either booty or ransom. The windings of the road enable them to see carriages long before they pass, so that they have time to get to some advantageous lurking-place from whence to pounce upon their prey." ...
— Tales of a Traveller • Washington Irving
... chastity, the opinion he had held of Fort was suddenly lowered. He, already a free-thinker, was now revealed as a free-liver. Poor little Nollie! Endangered again already! Every man a kind of wolf waiting to pounce on her! ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy
... afternoon we drove back to Tuz. Our camp there was anything but cheerful, for swarms of starving townsfolk hovered on the outskirts ready to pounce on any refuse that the men threw away. Discarded tin cans were cleaned out until the insides shone like mirrors. The men gave away everything they could possibly spare from their rations. As the news spread, the starving mountain Kurds began straggling in; and the gruesome ...
— War in the Garden of Eden • Kermit Roosevelt
... the most beautiful hair. Hello! Here we are at the terminus. What a crowd of beggars. They look like brigands waiting to pounce on us. Help!" ...
— The Jolliest School of All • Angela Brazil


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