Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pounce"
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) 1.7 (wn)
pounce
n : the act of pouncing
v : move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on
its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new
students" [syn: {swoop}]
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