Defn: To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards. [Obs.] Swift.
PAUNCE
Paunce, n. Etym: [See Pansy.] (Bot.)
Defn: The pansy. "The pretty paunce." Spenser.
PAUNCH
Paunch, n. Etym: [OF. panch, pance, F. panse, L. pantex, panticis.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.
2. (Naut.)
Defn: A paunch mat; — called also panch.
3. The thickened rim of a bell, struck by the clapper. Paunch mat (Naut.), a thick mat made of strands of rope, used to prevent the yard or rigging from chafing.
PAUNCH
Paunch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paunched; p. pr. & vb. n. Paunching.]