Chapter 1191

Pounce box , a box for sprinkling pounce. -- Pounce paper , a transparent paper for tracing.

Pounce <Xpage=1122>

Pounce (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pounded (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouncing (?) .] To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern .

Pounce <Xpage=1122>

Pounce , n. [Prob. through French, from an assumed LL. punctiare to prick, L. pungere , punctum . See Puncheon , Punch , v. t. ] 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 <Xpage=1122>

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 <Xpage=1122>

Pounce , v. i. 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 <Xpage=1122>

Pounced (?) , a. 1. Furnished with claws or talons; as, the pounced young of the eagle .

Thomson.

2. Ornamented with perforations or dots. [Obs.] "Gilt bowls pounced and pierced."

Holinshed.

Pouncet box <Xpage=1122>

Poun"cet box` (?) . [Cf. F. poncette , fr. ponce pounce. See Pounce a powder.] A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes.

Shak.

Pouncing <Xpage=1122>

Poun"cing (?) , n. 1. The art or practice of transferring a design by means of pounce.

2. Decorative perforation of cloth. [Obs.]

Pound <Xpage=1122>

Pound (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pounded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pounding .] [OE. pounen , AS. punian to bruise. Cf. Pun a play on words.] 1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.

With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks. Dryden.

2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt .

Pound <Xpage=1122>

Pound , v. i. 1. To strike heavy blows; to beat.

2. (Mach.) To make a jarring noise, as in running; as, the engine pounds .

Pound <Xpage=1122>

Pound , n. [AS. pund an inclosure: cf. forpyndan to turn away, or to repress, also Icel. pynda to extort, torment, Ir. pont , pond, pound. Cf. Pinder , Pinfold , Pin to inclose, Pond .] 1. An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which cattle or other animals are confined when taken in trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a pinfold.

Shak.

2. A level stretch in a canal between locks.

3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.

Pound covert , a pound that is close or covered over, as a shed. -- Pound overt , a pound that is open overhead.

Pound <Xpage=1122>

Pound , v. t. To confine in, or as in, a pound; to impound.

Milton.

Pound <Xpage=1122>

Pound , n ; pl. Pounds (#) , collectively Pound pr Pounds . [AS. pund , fr. L. pondo , akin to pondus a weight, pendere top weigh. See Pendant .] 1. A certain specified weight; especially, a legal standard consisting of an established number of ounces.

&hand; The pound in general use in the United States and in England is the pound avoirdupois , which is divided into sixteen ounces, and contains 7,000 grains. The pound troy is divided into twelve ounces, and contains 5,760 grains. 144 pounds avoirdupois are equal to 175 pounds troy weight. See Avoirdupois , and Troy .

2. A British denomination of money of account, equivalent to twenty shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.86. There is no coin known by this name, but the gold sovereign is of the same value.

&hand; The pound sterling was in Saxon times, about A. D. 671, a pound troy of silver, and a shilling was its twentieth part; consequently the latter was three times as large as it is at present.

Peacham.

Poundage <Xpage=1122>

Pound"age (?) , n. 1. A sum deducted from a pound, or a certain sum paid for each pound; a commission.

2. A subsidy of twelve pence in the pound, formerly granted to the crown on all goods exported or imported, and if by aliens, more. [Eng.]

Blackstone.

3. (Law) The sum allowed to a sheriff or other officer upon the amount realized by an execution; -- estimated in England, and formerly in the United States, at so much of the pound.

Burrill. Bouvier.

Poundage <Xpage=1122>

Pound"age , v. t. To collect, as poundage; to assess, or rate, by poundage. [R.]

Poundage <Xpage=1122>

Pound"age , n. [See 3d Pound .] 1. Confinement of cattle, or other animals, in a public pound.

2. A charge paid for the release of impounded cattle.

Poundal <Xpage=1122>

Pound"al (?) , n. [From 5th Pound .] (Physics & Mech.) A unit of force based upon the pound, foot, and second, being the force which, acting on a pound avoirdupois for one second, causes it to acquire by the of that time a velocity of one foot per second. It is about equal to the weight of half an ounce, and is 13,825 dynes.

Pound-breach <Xpage=1122>

Pound"-breach` (?) , n. The breaking of a public pound for releasing impounded animals.

Blackstone.

Poundcake <Xpage=1122>

Pound"cake` (?) , n. A kind of rich, sweet cake; -- so called from the ingredients being used by pounds, or in equal quantities.

Pounder <Xpage=1122>

Pound"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, pounds, as a stamp in an ore mill.

2. An instrument used for pounding; a pestle.

3. A person or thing, so called with reference to a certain number of pounds in value, weight, capacity, etc.; as, a cannon carrying a twelve-pound ball is called a twelve pounder .

&hand; Before the English reform act of 1867, one who was an elector by virtue of paying ten pounds rent was called a ten pounder .

Pounding <Xpage=1122>

Pound"ing (?) , n. 1. The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.

2. A pounded or pulverized substance. [R.] "Covered with the poundings of these rocks."

J. S. Blackie.

Pound/keeper <Xpage=1122>

Pound/keep`er (?) , n. The keeper of a pound.

Poundrate <Xpage=1122>

Pound"*rate` (?) , n. A rate or proportion estimated at a certain amount for each pound; poundage.

Poup <Xpage=1122>

Poup (?) , v. i. See Powp . [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Poupart's ligament <Xpage=1122>

Pou*part's" lig"a*ment (?) . (Anat.) A ligament, of fascia, extending, in most mammals, from the ventral side of the ilium to near the symphysis of the pubic bones.

Poupeton <Xpage=1122>

Pou"pe*ton (?) , n. [See Puppet .] A puppet, or little baby. [Obs.]

Palsgrave.

Pour <Xpage=1122>

Pour (?) , a. Poor. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Pour <Xpage=1122>

Pour (?) , v. i. To pore. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Pour <Xpage=1122>

Pour (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Poured (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouring .] [OE. pouren , of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwrw to cast, throw, shed, bwrw gwlaw to rain.] 1. To cause to flow in a stream, as a liquid or anything flowing like a liquid, either out of a vessel or into it; as, to pour water from a pail; to pour wine into a decanter; to pour oil upon the waters; to pour out sand or dust.

2. To send forth as in a stream or a flood; to emit; to let escape freely or wholly.

I . . . have poured out my soul before the Lord. 1 Sam. i. 15.

Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee. Ezek. vii. 8.

London doth pour out her citizens ! Shak.

Wherefore did Nature pour her bounties forth With such a full and unwithdrawing hand ? Milton.

3. To send forth from, as in a stream; to discharge uninterruptedly.

Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat ? Pope.

Pour <Xpage=1122>

Pour , v. i. To flow, pass, or issue in a stream, or as a stream; to fall continuously and abundantly; as, the rain pours ; the people poured out of the theater.

In the rude throng pour on with furious pace. Gay.

Pour <Xpage=1122>

Pour , n. A stream, or something like a stream; a flood. [Colloq.] "A pour of rain."

Miss Ferrier.

Poureliche <Xpage=1122>

Poure"liche` (?) , adv. Poorly. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Pourer <Xpage=1122>

Pour"er (?) , n. One who pours.

Pourlieu <Xpage=1122>

Pour"lieu (?) , n. See Purlieu .

Pourparler <Xpage=1122>

Pour`par`ler" (?) , n. [F.] (Diplomacy) A consultation preliminary to a treaty.

Pourparty <Xpage=1122>

Pour`par"ty (?) , n. ; pl. Pourparties (#) . [See Purparty .] (Law) A division; a divided share.

To make pourparty , to divide and apportion lands previously held in common.

Pourpoint <Xpage=1122>

Pour"point (?) , n. [F.] A quilted military doublet or gambeson worn in the 14th and 15th centuries; also, a name for the doublet of the 16th and 17th centuries worn by civilians.

Pourpresture <Xpage=1122>

Pour*pres"ture (?; 135) , n. (Law) See Purpresture .

Poursuivant <Xpage=1122>

Pour"sui*vant (?) , n. See Pursuivant .

Pourtray <Xpage=1122>

Pour*tray" (?) , v. t. See Portray .

Pourveyance <Xpage=1122>

Pour*vey"ance (?) , n. See Purveyance .

Pousse <Xpage=1122>

Pousse (?) , n. Pulse; pease. [Obs.]

Spenser.

Poussette <Xpage=1122>

Pous*sette" (?) , n. [F., pushpin, fr. pousser to push. See Push .] A movement, or part of a figure, in the contradance.

Dickens.

Poussette <Xpage=1122>

Pous*sette" , v. i. To perform a certain movement in a dance. [R.]

Tennyson.

Down the middle, up again, poussette , and cross. J. & H. Smith.

Pout <Xpage=1122>

Pout (?) , n. [F. poulet . See Poult .] The young of some birds, as grouse; a young fowl.

Carew.

Pout <Xpage=1122>

Pout (?) , v. i. To shoot pouts. [Scot.]

Pout <Xpage=1122>

Pout (?) , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pouted ; p. pr. & vb. n. Pouting .] [OE. pouten , of uncertain origin; cf. Prov. pot lip, Prov. F. potte , faire la potte to pout, W. pwdu to pout, be sullen, poten , potten , a paunch, belly.] 1. To thrust out the lips, as in sullenness or displeasure; hence, to look sullen.

Thou poutest upon thy fortune and thy love. Shak.

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2 To protrude. " Pouting lips."

Dryden.

Pout <Xpage=1122>

Pout , n. A sullen protrusion of the lips; a fit of sullenness. "Jack's in the pouts ."

J. & H. Smith.

Pout <Xpage=1122>

Pout , n. [Cf. Eelpout .] (Zo\'94l.) The European whiting pout or bib.

Eel pout . (Zo\'94l.) See Eelpout . -- Horn pout , &or; Horned pout . (Zo\'94l.) See Bullhead (b) .

Pouter <Xpage=1122>

Pout"er (?) , n. 1. One who, or that which, pouts.

2. [Cf. E. pout , and G. puter turkey.] (Zo\'94l.) A variety of the domestic pigeon remarkable for the extent to which it is able to dilate its throat and breast.

Pouting <Xpage=1122>

Pout"ing , n. Childish sullenness.

Poutingly <Xpage=1122>

Pout"ing*ly , adv. In a pouting, or a sullen, manner.

Povert <Xpage=1122>

Pov"ert (?) , n. Poverty. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Poverty <Xpage=1122>

Pov"er*ty (?) , n. [OE. poverte , OF. povert\'82 , F. pauvret\'82 , fr. L. paupertas , fr. pauper poor. See Poor .] 1. The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need. "Swathed in numblest poverty ."

Keble.

The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty . Prov. xxiii. 21.

2. Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.

Poverty grass (Bot.) , a name given to several slender grasses (as Aristida dichotoma , and Danthonia spicata ) which often spring up on old and worn-out fields.

Syn. -- Indigence; penury; beggary; need; lack; want; scantiness; sparingness; meagerness; jejuneness. Poverty , Indigence , Pauperism . Poverty is a relative term; what is poverty to a monarch, would be competence for a day laborer. Indigence implies extreme distress, and almost absolute destitution. Pauperism denotes entire dependence upon public charity, and, therefore, often a hopeless and degraded state.

Powan, Powen <Xpage=1122>

Pow"an (?) , Pow"en (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A small British lake whitefish ( Coregonus clupeoides , or C. ferus ); -- called also gwyniad and lake herring .

Powder <Xpage=1122>

Pow"der (?) , n. [OE. poudre , pouldre , F. poudre , OF. also poldre , puldre , L. pulvis , pulveris : cf. pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. pollen . Cf. Polverine , Pulverize .] 1. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.

Grind their bones to powder small. Shak.

2. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder .

Atlas powder , Baking powder , etc. See under Atlas , Baking , etc. -- Powder down (Zo\'94l.) , the peculiar dust, or exfoliation, of powder-down feathers. -- Powder-down feather (Zo\'94l.) , one of a peculiar kind of modified feathers which sometimes form patches on certain parts of some birds. They have a greasy texture and a scaly exfoliation. -- Powder-down patch (Zo\'94l.) , a tuft or patch of powder-down feathers. -- Powder hose , a tube of strong linen, about an inch in diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines. Farrow . -- Powder hoy (Naut.) , a vessel specially fitted to carry powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually painted red and carry a red flag. -- Powder magazine , &or; Powder room . See Magazine , 2. -- Powder mine , a mine exploded by gunpowder. See Mine . -- Powder monkey (Naut.) , a boy formerly employed on war vessels to carry powder; a powder boy. -- Powder post . See Dry rot , under Dry . -- Powder puff . See Puff , n.

Powder <Xpage=1122>

Pow"der , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Powdered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Powdering .] [F. poudrer .] 1. To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.

2. To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair .

A circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars. Milton.

3. To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat. [Obs.]

Powder <Xpage=1122>

Pow"der , v. i. 1. To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily .

2. To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders .

Powdered <Xpage=1122>

Pow"dered (?) , a. 1. Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder.

2. Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned. [Obs.]

Powdered beef, pickled meats. Harvey.

3. (Her.) Same as Sem\'82 .

Walpole.

Powderflask <Xpage=1122>

Pow"der*flask` (?) , n. A flask in which gunpowder is carried, having a charging tube at the end.

Powderhorn <Xpage=1122>

Pow"der*horn` (?) , n. A horn in which gunpowder is carried.

Powdering <Xpage=1122>

Pow"der*ing , a. & n. from Powder , v. t.

Powdering tub . (a) A tub or vessel in which meat is corned or salted . (b) A heated tub in which an infected lecher was placed for cure . [Obs.]

Shak.

Powdermill <Xpage=1122>

Pow"der*mill` (?) , n. A mill in which gunpowder is made.

Powder-posted <Xpage=1122>

Pow"der-post`ed (?) , a. Affected with dry rot; reduced to dust by rot. See Dry rot , under Dry . [U.S.]

Powdery <Xpage=1122>

Pow"der*y (?) , a. 1. Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar .

2. Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery bloom on plums .

3. Resembling powder; consisting of powder. "The powdery snow."

Wordsworth.

Powdike <Xpage=1122>

Pow"dike (?) , n. [Scot. pow , pou , a pool, a watery or marshy place, fr. E. pool .] A dike a marsh or fen. [Prov. Eng.]

Halliwell.

Powdry <Xpage=1122>

Pow"dry (?) , a. See Powdery .

Power <Xpage=1122>

Pow"er (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Poor , the fish.

Power <Xpage=1122>