[pouns] 
noun, verb, pounced, pounc⋅ing.| 1. | a fine powder, as of cuttlebone, formerly used to prevent ink from spreading in writing, or to prepare parchment for writing. |
| 2. | a fine powder, often of charcoal, used in transferring a design through a perforated pattern. |
| 3. | Also called pounce bag, pounce box. a small bag filled with pounce and struck against a perforated design. |
| 4. | to sprinkle, smooth, or prepare with pounce. |
| 5. | to trace (a design) with pounce. |
| 6. | to finish the surface of (hats) by rubbing with sandpaper or the like. |
| pounce box n. A small box with a perforated top, formerly used to sprinkle sand or pounce on writing paper to dry the ink. |
