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   Pounce

   /pouns/

   

   noun

   • 1. a fine resinous powder formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on unglazed paper or to prepare parchment to receive writing.
   • ▪ powdered charcoal or other fine powder dusted over a perforated pattern to transfer the design to the object beneath.

   verb

   • 1. smooth down by rubbing with pounce or pumice.
   • 2. transfer (a design) by the use of pounce.

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a verb): from French poncer, based on Latin pumex ‘pumice’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. pouncer noun

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • P

     3

   • O

     1

   • U

     1

   • N

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

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