POULTIVE
Poul"tive, n.
Defn: A poultice. [Obs.] W. Temple.
POULTRY
Poul"try, n. Etym: [From Poult.]
Defn: Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.
POUNCE Pounce, n. Etym: [F. ponce pumice, pounce, fr. L. pumex, -icis, pumice. See Pumice.]
1. A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, — formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, — used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc. Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce. — Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing.
POUNCE
Pounce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouncing.]
Defn: To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
POUNCE Pounce, n. Etym: [Prob. through French, from an assumed LL. punctiare to prick, L. pungere, punctum. See Puncheon, Punch, v. t.]