pounced

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paʊnst/

Verb

pounced

1. simple past and past participle of pounce

Adjective

pounced (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Furnished with claws or talons.
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     The pounced young of the eagle.

2. (obsolete) Ornamented with perforations or dots.
   • (Can we date this quote by Holinshed and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Gilt bowls pounced and pierced.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “pounced”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• uncoped