"Pounce" is a word in ENGLISH
A punch or stamp.
Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making
patterns through perforated designs, -- used by embroiderers, lace
makers, etc.
A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, --
formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on,
by way of ornament.
The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or
upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.
To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with
the talons.
To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or
a pattern.
There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.
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