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Definition of Pounced
1. a. Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle.
Definition of Pounced
1. Verb. (past of pounce) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pounced
1. pounce [v] - See also: pounce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pounced
Literary usage of Pounced
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Daring Adventures of Kit Carson and Fremont, Among Buffaloes, Grizzlies by John Charles Frémont (1888)
"But it seemed that there could be no permanent rest for Carson for he was pounced
on by Col. Beale to lead his command to avenge upon the Coman- clies some ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"On utmost Kilda'g shore, whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian
worlds, The royal eagle draws his vigorous young, Strong-pounced, and ardent ..."
3. Stirring Incidents in the Life of a British Soldier: An Autobiography by Thomas Faughnan (1891)
"The working party in the advanced trench last night, were pounced upon in the
middle of the night by the Russians, and a regular hand-to-hand fight ensued. ..."
4. History of Dakota Territory by George Washington Kingsbury, George Martin Smith (1915)
"... AGENTS THE CROW CREEK SUDDENLY "pounced UPON*' BY SOLDIERS SECRETARY SCHURZ
AND SUPERINTENDENT HAMMOND—THE PLAN OF THE PROSECUTORS THE AGENT INDICTED, ..."
5. In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey Into Tibet, Capture by the by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1898)
"... PONIES—A HANDSOME PONY—DECOYED AWAY FROM MY TENT AND RIFLES—pounced UPON—THE
FIGHT—A PRISONER DURING the night I was aroused several times by noises, ..."
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