slovo | definícia |
pounce (encz) | pounce,dráp n: Nijel |
pounce (encz) | pounce,pařát n: Nijel |
pounce (encz) | pounce,skočit v: na někoho Pino |
pounce (encz) | pounce,uchvátit v: Nijel |
Pounce (gcide) | 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.
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Pounce (gcide) | 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.
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2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] "A pounce to print money with."
--Withals.
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3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] --Homilies.
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Pounce (gcide) | Pounce \Pounce\, v. t.
1. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the
talons. [Archaic]
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Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren.
--Cowper.
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Now pounce him lightly,
And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. --J.
Fletcher.
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2. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by
way of ornament. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.
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Pounce (gcide) | 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.
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2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making
patterns through perforated designs, -- used by
embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
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Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce.
Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing.
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Pounce (gcide) | 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.
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Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on
the wanderings of misguided sensibility. --Jeffrey.
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pounce (wn) | pounce
n 1: the act of pouncing
v 1: move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down
on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new
students" [syn: pounce, swoop] |
| podobné slovo | definícia |
pounce on someone (encz) | pounce on someone,vrhnout se na někoho [fráz.] Pino |
pounced (encz) | pounced,sápal se Zdeněk Brožpounced,uchvátil v: Zdeněk Brož |
Pounce (gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]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.
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2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] "A pounce to print money with."
--Withals.
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3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] --Homilies.
[1913 Webster]Pounce \Pounce\, v. t.
1. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the
talons. [Archaic]
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Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren.
--Cowper.
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Now pounce him lightly,
And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. --J.
Fletcher.
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2. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by
way of ornament. [Obs.] --Sir T. Elyot.
[1913 Webster]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.
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2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making
patterns through perforated designs, -- used by
embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
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Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce.
Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing.
[1913 Webster]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.
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Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on
the wanderings of misguided sensibility. --Jeffrey.
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Pounce box (gcide) | 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.
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2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making
patterns through perforated designs, -- used by
embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
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Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce.
Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing.
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Pounce paper (gcide) | 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.
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2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making
patterns through perforated designs, -- used by
embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
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Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce.
Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing.
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Pounced (gcide) | Pounced \Pounced\, a.
1. Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of
the eagle. --Thomson.
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2. Ornamented with perforations or dots. [Obs.] "Gilt bowls
pounced and pierced." --Holinshed.
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Pouncet box (gcide) | Pouncet box \Poun"cet box`\ [Cf. F. poncette, fr. ponce pounce.
See Pounce a powder.]
A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for
holding perfumes. --Shak.
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