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pounce

noun

  1. a claw or talon of a bird of prey
  2. the act of pouncing; swoop, spring, or leap

intransitive verb pounced, pouncing

to swoop down, spring, or leap (on, upon, or at a person or thing) in, or as in, attacking or seizing

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noun

  1. a fine powder, as pulverized cuttlefish bone, formerly used to prevent ink from blotting or to prepare the writing surface of parchment
  2. a fine powder sprinkled over a stencil to make a design, as on cloth

transitive verb pounced, pouncing

  1. to sprinkle, rub, finish, or prepare with pounce
  2. to stencil with pounce

See pounce in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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