POUNCE
\pˈa͡ʊns], \pˈaʊns], \p_ˈaʊ_n_s]\
Definitions of POUNCE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
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Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
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To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
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The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
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A punch or stamp.
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To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
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To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.
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To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.
By Oddity Software
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A fine powder formerly used for drying ink on paper, now chiefly used for sprinkling into holes in paper in pattern making; the talon or claw of a bird of prey; a sudden spring or swoop.
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To sprinkle with powder.
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To fall upon and seize with, or as with, the claws.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To fall (upon) and seize with the claws: to dart suddenly (upon).
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A hawk's claw.
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A fine powder for preparing a surface for writing on: colored powder sprinkled over holes pricked in paper as a pattern.
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To sprinkle with pounce, as paper or a pattern.
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The claw of a bird of prey.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To make a sudden seizure; spring; followed by on or upon.
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The act of pouncing; a talon.
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A powder such as was formerly used to absorb excess of ink.
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [French, Latin] The claw or talon of a bird of prey; -also, cloth worked with eyelet holes.
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n. [French, Latin] A fine powder to prevent ink from spreading on paper;-a coloured powdered substance used by embroiderers in making designs on paper;--a powder used as a cosmetic.