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Definition of Pouncing
1. n. The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.
Definition of Pouncing
1. Verb. (present participle of pounce) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pouncing
1. pounce [v] - See also: pounce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pouncing
Literary usage of Pouncing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Hat-making and Felting: Including a Full Exposition of the by hatter John Thomson (1868)
"pouncing is a term for rubbing down the outside of a hat with a piece of pumice
... Some makers, however, prefer to singe the hats instead of pouncing, ..."
2. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"It will be seen that the movement of the formers is governed entirely by the
cam-rim of the head on which the disk rests. pouncing MACHINE. ..."
3. The Work of the Railway Carman by Edmond K. Hogan, Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America (1921)
"pouncing. The method of applying the lettering is as follows: The pounce
pattern—sometimes for each letter and sometimes for a word or a number of ..."
4. The Fireside Encyclopædia of Poetry: Comprising the Best Poems of the Most (1878)
"She may strike the pouncing eagle, but she dares not harm the dove ; And every
gate she bars to Hate shall open wide to Love! ..."
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