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pounce
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pounce1
the claw of a bird of prey

pounce2
1. a very fine resinous powder, esp of cuttlefish bone, formerly used to dry ink or sprinkled over parchment or unsized writing paper to stop the ink from running
2. a fine powder, esp of charcoal, that is tapped through perforations in paper corresponding to the main lines of a design in order to transfer the design to another surface

pounce [pau̇ns]
(materials)
Pumice in the form of a very fine powder, used for preparing parchment and tracing cloth.


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