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Pounced :: Pounced (a.) Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle..

Pouchet Box :: Pouchet box () See Pouncet box.

Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) A punch or stamp.

Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) Cloth worked in eyelet holes.

Sandarac :: Sandarac (n.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral..

Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) The claw or talon of a bird of prey.

Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons..

Pounce :: 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..

Pounce :: Pounce (n.) A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, -- formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript..

Truss :: Truss (n.) To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.

Pounced :: Pounced (a.) Ornamented with perforations or dots.

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

Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern..

Stoop :: Stoop (v. i.) To come down as a hawk does on its prey; to pounce; to souse; to swoop.

Pounce :: Pounce (v. t.) To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament..

Pouncet Box :: Pouncet box () A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes..

Souse :: Souse (v. t.) To pounce upon.

Pouncing :: Pouncing (n.) The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.

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