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pouncing
pounce 1 P0486800 (pouns)intr.v. pounced, pounc·ing, pounc·es 1. To spring or swoop with intent to seize someone or something: a cat that pounced on a mouse; watched the falcon pounce on the baby rabbit.2. To attack or criticize suddenly: troops that pounced on a convoy; a reporter who pounced on a politician's change of position.3. To turn the attention to and try to take advantage of: pounce on an opportunity; pounced on his mistake.n. The act or an instance of pouncing.
[From Middle English, pointed tool, talon of a hawk, shortening of ponson, pointed tool, variant of punchon, pointed tool; see puncheon1.]
pounc′er n.
pounce 2 P0486800 (pouns)n.1. A fine powder formerly used to smooth and finish writing paper and soak up ink.2. A fine powder, such as pulverized charcoal, dusted over a stencil to transfer a design to an underlying surface.tr.v. pounced, pounc·ing, pounc·es 1. To sprinkle, smooth, or treat with pounce.2. To transfer (a stenciled design) with pounce.
[French ponce, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *pōmex, *pōmic-, from Latin pūmex, pumice.]
pounc′er n.
pounce 3 P0486800 (pouns)tr.v. pounced, pounc·ing, pounc·es To ornament (metal, for example) by perforating from the back with a pointed implement.
[Middle English pouncen, probably from Old French poinssonner, from poinson, pointed tool; see puncheon1.]
IdiomsSeepouncePouncing
pouncing[′pau̇ns·iŋ] (graphic arts) A method of making copies of patterns and signs; a master drawing is made on paper of the design to be copied, and the lines are traced with a pounce wheel; the teeth perforate the paper with 12 to 24 holes per inch; the master drawing is then placed on the permanent support, and powder is forced through the holes, effectively transferring the drawing. PouncingUsing a pounce bag filled with a colored powder to transfer the dotted outlines of a mural design to a wall. |