Saturday 13 April 2013

Pounce



POUNCE

-verb
1.  (intr.) (often followed by “on” or “upon”) to spring or swoop, as in capturing prey
-noun
2.  the act of pouncing; a spring or swoop
3.  the claw of a bird of prey

-verb
 (trans.) to emboss (metal) by hammering from the reverse side

-noun
1. a very fine resinous powder, especially of cuttlefish bone, formerly used to dry ink or sprinkled over parchment or un-sized writing paper to stop the ink from running
2.  a fine powder, especially 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
-verb
3. to dust (paper) with pounce
4. to transfer (a design) by means of pounce
























Without much ado
She pounced on her nap
Refusing to let go


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