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单词 pouncer
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pouncern.1

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pounce v.1, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < pounce v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare earlier pounce n.1
Obsolete.
A person who pounces metalwork; a tool used to decorate metalwork. Cf. pounce v.1 2a.
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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.2

Brit. /ˈpaʊnsə/, U.S. /ˈpaʊnsər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pounce v.3, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < pounce v.3 + -er suffix1. With sense 1 compare earlier pounce n.1 7a.
1. = pounce n.1 7a. Obsolete. rare.
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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).
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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

Brit. /ˈpaʊnsə/, U.S. /ˈpaʊnsər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pounce v.2, -er suffix1.
Etymology: < pounce v.2 + -er suffix1. With sense 1 compare French ponceur worker who smooths an (especially leather) object down by rubbing it with pumice (1842).
1. A person who or thing which pounces the surface of a hat. Cf. pounce v.2 1.
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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.
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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).
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