pounce

1. n. A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript. Source: opted

2. n. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc. Source: opted

3. v. t. To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern. Source: opted

4. v. t. The claw or talon of a bird of prey. Source: opted

5. v. t. A punch or stamp. Source: opted

6. v. t. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. Source: opted

7. v. t. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons. Source: opted

8. v. t. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament. Source: opted

9. v. i. To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively. Source: opted

10. n. the act of pouncing Source: wordnet

11. v. move down on as if in an attack Source: wordnet

12. 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. To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern. 1. The claw or talon of a bird of prey. Spenser. Burke. 2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] "A pounce to print money with." Withals. 3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] Homilies. 1. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons. [Archaic] Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren. Cowper. Now pounce him lightly, And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. J. Fletcher. 2. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot. 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. Jeffrey. Source: webster

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