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Pounce
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
(2):
(v. t.) A punch or stamp.
(3):
(n.) A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, - formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
(4):
(n.) Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, - used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
(5):
(v. t.) Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
(6):
(v. t.) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
(7):
(v. t.) To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
(8):
(v. i.) To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; - with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.
(9):
(v. t.) To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pounce'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pounce.html. 1828.
