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| pounce [ pownss ] |
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1. powder used for producing image: powdered charcoal or other fine powder sprinkled over a stencil to reproduce the main lines of a pattern or design on the surface beneath the stencil
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2. powder to stop ink from running: a very fine powder formerly used to stop ink from spreading on unglazed paper
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transitive verb (past and past participle pounced, present participle pounc·ing, 3rd person present singular pounc·es) |
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1. reproduce something with pounce: to reproduce a pattern or design on something by sprinkling pounce over a stencil
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2. blot paper with pounce: to sprinkle paper with pounce to prevent ink from running
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| [Late 16th century. < French< Latin pumic- "pumice"] |
