poultry house

A house or shed in which poultry are sheltered and reared; a fowl-house. poultry-yard, s. A yard or inclosure where poultry are reared. *poul-ver-āin, s. [ Fr.poulverin , from Lat. pul vis (gen it. pulver is )=dust.) A powder-flask, hanging below the bandoleers, used by musketeers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. *poun (1), *powne, v.t. [ A.S.punian =to pound.J To pound, to beat, to bruise. [POUND (2), 2.] *poun (2), v . t . [POUND (1), v.] To pound, to impound; to confine in an inclosed space. "The citizans, like pouned pikes, The le ers fede the greate." Warner: Albion's England , bk. v., ch. xxvii. IMG:content-1413.jpg:[graphic][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][merged small][merged small][graphic][graphic][graphic][graphic] pounce pounge (1), 8. [Fr. ponce=pumice, from Lat. pumicem, acc. of pumex =pumice (q. v.); Sp. ponce, pomez; Port. pomez.] 1. A fine powder, such as pounded gum sandarach [CALLITRIS] and cuttle-fish bones, used to dry up the ink on a fresh written manuscript; now ow superseded in this country by blotting paper, except in the case of parchment 2. Charcoal dust inclosed in some open stuff, as muslin, ., to be pa ed over holes pricked in the work, to mark the lines or designs on a paper under neath. It is used by embroiderers to transfer patterns upon their stuffs; also by fresco painters, sometimes by engravers, and in varnishing. *3. A powder used as a medicine or cosmetic. pounce-box, *pouncet-box, subst . A small box with a perforated lid, used for sprinkling pounce on paper, ., or for holding perfumes for smelling. pounce-paper, subst . A tracing-paper prepared without oil. pounçe (2), s. [POUNCE (2), v.] 1. The claw or talon of a hawk or other bird of prey. ( Spenser: F. Q., I. xi. 19.) 2. A punch or stamp. IMG:content-1414.png:[blocks in formation] pounçe (2), *pouns-en, v . i. & [O. Fr. * poncer =to pierce; cf. Sp. punchar =to prick, to punch; punch a a thorn. From Lat. punctus , pa. par. of pun go to prick.] A. In trans .: To fall upon and seize anything in, or as in, the claws or talons; to dart or dash (Followed by on or upon .) "So when a falcon skims the airy way, Stoops from the clouds and pounces on his prey." Whitehead: The Gymnasiad, bk. iii. *B. Transitive : 1. To seize in the talons or claws. Said of a bird of prey. ( Cowper : Table Talk , 553.) 2. To prick; to make holes in; to perforate; to work in eyelet-holes. pounçed, a. [Eng. pounc (e) (2), s.; -ed.] 1. Furnished with talons or claws. (Thomson: Spring , 760.). *2. Worked in eyelet-holes; ornamented with a continuous series of holes over the whole surface. *poun-çer, s . [Eng. pounc (e) (2), v.; -er.] One who or that which pierces or perforates; spec if. an instrument for making eyelet-holes in clothes; a bodkin. *poun-çět, subst . [Fr. poncette , from * poncer to pounce.] A pounce-box.