Definition of Pounces. Meaning of Pounces. Synonyms of Pounces

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Definition of Pounces

Pounce
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.
Pounce
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.
Pounce
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.
Pounce
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.

Meaning of Pounces from wikipedia

- Pouncing (Italian Spolvero) is an art technique used for transferring an image from one surface to another using a fine powder called pounce. It is similar...
- Look up pounce in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pounce may refer to: Pounce (powder), a powder used to prevent ink from spreading and to blot up excess...
- Pounce or sand is a fine powder, most often made from powdered cuttlefish bone or sandarac resin, that was used both to dry ink and to sprinkle on a rough...
- Pounced is a Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf-winning thoroughbred racehorse owned by Lady Rothschild. He was retired to stud in 2010. He is a son of Rahy...
- stories themselves. Analyses of U.S. news stories have shown that the "pounces" phrasing is used with roughly equal frequency to refer to Republicans...
- Pounce is the official mascot of Georgia State University. Pounce is usually represented as a stylized panther with blue fur, sharp white teeth with protruding...
- HMS Pouncer was the mercantile David, launched in 1785 at Leith, that the Admiralty purchased and armed in 1797 as GB No.38. David originally sailed to...
- and is still called by that name in the UK. In the US, it was also called Pounce in the 1930s and, more recently, Nerts, but the name Racing Demon continues...
- A tracing wheel, also known as a pattern wheel, pounce wheel, and dart wheel, is an instrument with multiple teeth on a wheel attached to a handle. The...
- In physics, the fourth, fifth and sixth derivatives of position are defined as derivatives of the position vector with respect to time – with the first...