单词 | pouncer |
释义 | † pouncern.1 Obsolete. A person who pounces metalwork; a tool used to decorate metalwork. Cf. pounce v.1 2a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > engraving > [noun] > engraving tools pouncer1552 graving tool1591 pounce1598 puncheon1659 burin1662 eschoppe1662 graver1662 needle1662 point1662 style1662 sculpter1680 scalper1688 small chisel1749 roulette1806 engraver1821 dry-point1837 scooper1837 stylet1853 tint-tool1869 diamond-point1874 spit-sticker1909 bull-sticker1933 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Pouncer, anaglypharius. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A goldsmiths pouncer or pounce. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words at Bulino A kind of pouncer that grauers vse. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2021). pouncern.2ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > bird of prey > [noun] > claw or talons talons?a1400 pouncea1475 pouncer1704 the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > paw or foot > foot with claws > talon or claw clawa700 clivera1000 naillOE cleafre?c1225 cleche?c1225 crook?c1225 clutchc1230 cleec1250 pawc1330 cromea1400 clawrec1400 pouncea1475 talons?a1475 ungle1481 ongle1484 gripe1578 sere1606 unce1609 pouncer1704 unguisc1790 griff1820 the world > animals > birds > order Falconiformes (falcons, etc.) > family Accipitridae (hawks, etc.) > [noun] > hawk > parts of > toe or claw pouncea1475 key of the foot1486 single1486 stretcher1486 pounce joint1614 pouncer1704 1704 Dict. Rusticum at Coping-irons These..are used by Falconers, in Coping or Paring the Hawk's Beak, Pouncer or Tallons, when over-grown. 2. A person who or creature or thing which pounces (in various senses of pounce v.3). ΚΠ 1853 A. J. Davis Great Harmonia (new ed.) III. v. 53 Every animal appears to be the embodiment of some particular principle of mind... The Cat seems like..a pouncer upon the interests of other and lesser personalities. 1877 Oshkosh (Wisconsin) Daily Northwestern 26 Feb. This soft little ordinance, this authoritative pouncer upon poor, inoffensive orange venders [sic]..and starving street pedlars can be inforced without any fear of official decapitation. 1920 I. S. Cobb Abandoned Farmers vi. 134 Having scored this important point, the king of the pouncers..would proceed to claw the quivering giblets out of another section of our plan. 1980 J. Lees-Milne Diary 11 June in Deep Romantic Chasm (2003) 92 Here the green-eyed monster enters, for Ian is a tremendous pouncer and quite unscrupulous and lecherous. 1989 Boston Globe (Nexis) 26 Feb. 98 If you see something, pounce on it. To the pouncer goes the mouse. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). pouncern.3 1. A person who or thing which pounces the surface of a hat. Cf. pounce v.2 1. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making headgear > [noun] > hat-making > processes involved in > one who little master1806 pouncer1868 planker?1881 wirer?1881 stiffener1892 pelt-shaker1902 1868 Atlantic Monthly Oct. 434/2 He..began vigorously pressing and smoothing another black hat, twin-brother to the one still suffering under the pouncer's hands. 1958 E. Birney Turvey i. 3 I was a pouncer once... In a hat factory..sandpaperin up the fuzz on fedoras. 1984 Time (Nexis) 5 Mar. 4 Williams had invented a doohickey that looked like a hat pouncer—a pouncer with plenums and baffles and whirligigs. 2. An implement used to dust or powder a pounce pattern; a pounce bag. Cf. pounce v.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > printmaking > stencilling > [noun] > equipment print1354 stencil1707 pounce powder1713 pounce1728 pounce bag1782 stencil-plate1816 theorem1824 stencil-brush1868 stencil-paper1868 stencil-paste1875 pouncer1881 mimeo stencil1899 1881 Sylvia's Bk. Artistic Knicknacks 371 Place the design on the canvas and pin it down; then take your pouncer, which is filled with fine charcoal or powdered colour, and dab..all over your perforated outline. 1960 G. Lewis Handbk. Crafts 16 Using a pouncer (a roll of felt) dipped into black pounce (powdered charcoal) for light materials..gently rub the powder through the perforations, then lift away the tracing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11552n.21704n.31868 |
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