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  6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pounce  \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. 
  --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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  Derision  is  never  so  agonizing  as  when  it  pounces  on 
  the  wanderings  of  misguided  sensibility.  --Jeffrey. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pounce  \Pounce\,  n.  [F.  ponce  pumice,  pounce,  fr  L.  pumex, 
  -icis,  pumice.  See  {Pumice}.] 
  1.  A  fine  powder,  as  of  sandarac,  or  cuttlefish  bone,  -- 
  formerly  used  to  prevent  ink  from  spreading  on  manuscript. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pounce  \Pounce\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pounded};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Pouncing}.] 
  To  sprinkle  or  rub  with  pounce;  as  to  pounce  paper,  or  a 
  pattern. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pounce  \Pounce\,  n.  [Prob.  through  French,  from  an  assumed  LL 
  punctiare  to  prick,  L.  pungere  punctum.  See  {Puncheon}, 
  {Punch},  v.  t.] 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pounce 
  n  :  the  act  of  pouncing 
  v  :  move  down  on  as  if  in  an  attack;  "The  teacher  swooped  down 
  upon  the  new  students"  [syn:  {swoop}] 




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