1. The claw or talon of a bird of prey. Spenser. Burke.
2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] "A pounce to print money with." Withals.
3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] Homilies.
POUNCE
Pounce, v. t.
1. To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
[Archaic]
Stooped from his highest pitch to pounce a wren. Cowper.
Now pounce him lightly, And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper.
J. Fletcher.
2. To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.
POUNCE
Pounce, v. i.
Defn: To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; — with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively. Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on the wanderings of misguided sensibility. Jeffrey.
POUNCED
Pounced, a.
1. Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle. Thomson.