POUNCE  . (t) To drop upon and seize: properly said of a See also:

• BIRD

bird of See also:

• PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

prey seizing its victim in its claws . The substantive " pounce," from which the verb is formed, was the technical name in See also:

• FALCONRY (Fr. fauconnerie, from Late Lat. falco, falcon)

falconry for the claws on the three front toes of a See also:

• HAWK (O. Eng. hafoc or heafoc, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch havik, Ger. Habicht; the root is hab-, haf-, to hold, cf. Lat. accipiter, from capere)

hawk's claws, and so The See also:

• BOOK

Book of St Albans (1486) " Fryst the grete Clees behynde . . . ye shall See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call hom talons . . . . The Clees within the fote ye shall call of right her Pownces." (2) To decorate See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal by See also:

• DRIVING (from " to drive," i.e. generally to propel, force along or in, a word common in various forms to the Teutonic languages)

driving or punching a See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design into it from the under or back See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• SURFACE

surface; also to decorate See also:

• CLOTH

cloth or other fabrics by punching or " pinking " holes, scalloping the edges, &c . Both these words seem to be variants of " See also:

• PUNCH

punch " (q.v.), which comes ultimately from the Latin pungere, punctum, to prick, See also:

• PIERCE, FRANKLIN (1804—1869)

pierce . From them must be distinguished (3) " pounce, " a preparation of powdered cuttle-See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish or See also:

• SANDARACH (Fr. sandaraque, Lat. sandaraca, Gr. ravbapbsrl, realgar or red sulphide of arsenic, cf. Pers. sandarus, Skt. sindura, realgar)

sandarach, the See also:

• RESIN (through O.Fr. resine, modern reline, from Lat. resina, prcbably Latinized from Greek Pirivrt, resin)

resin of the sandarach-See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree, formerly used for drying See also:

• INK (from Late Lat. encaustum, Gr. gysavorov, the purple ink used by Greek and Roman emperors, from iyKaiew, to burn in)

ink on the roughened surface of vellum, See also:

• PARCHMENT

parchment or See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper where an erasure had been made; later, the word was also given to the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

black See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand used generally as a dusting-See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder for drying ink before the invention of blotting-paper . The " pounce-See also:

• BOX
• BOX (Gr. irl or, Lat. buxus, box-wood; cf. 2r6Eir, a pyx)

box " or " pouncet-box " was a See also:

• FAMILIAR (through the Fr. familier, from Lat. familiaris, of or belonging to the familia, family)

familiar See also:

• OBJECT

object on all See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing-tables till that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . A similar box with pierced lid for holding perfumes or aromatic See also:

• VINEGAR

vinegar also See also:

• BORE

bore the name . This word is formed from the See also:

• LAT

Lat. pumex, See also:

• PUMICE (Lat. purnex, spumex, spuma, froth)

pumice-See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, which was employed for securing a smooth surface on vellum, parchment, &c . The See also:

• TERM

term " pounce " is also applied to a finely powdered See also:

• GUM (Fr. gomme, Lat. gommi, Gr. Kµµ1, possibly a Coptic word; distinguish " gum," the fleshy covering of the base of a tooth, in O. Eng. gbma, palate, cf. Ger. Gaumen, roof of the mouth; the ultimate origin is probably the root gha, to open wide, seen in

gum of the See also:

• JUNIPER

juniper or to See also:

• PIPE

pipe-See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay darkened with See also:

• CHARCOAL

charcoal used in transferring designs to fabrics, See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall-surfaces, &c., through holes pricked in the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original See also:

• DRAWING

drawing .