vt a punch or stamp.
2. pounce ·vt cloth worked in eyelet holes.
3. pounce ·vt the claw or talon of a bird of prey.
4. pounce ·vt to strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
5. pounce ·vt to sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
6. pounce ·noun a fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
7. pounce ·vt to punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.
8. pounce ·vi to fall suddenly and seize with the claws;
with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. also used figuratively.
9. pounce ·noun charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lace makers, ·etc.