pouncet box

A pounce-box (q. v.). "And, 'twixt his finger and his thumb, he held A pouncet - box ."- Shakesp .: Henry IV ., Pt . I. , i. 8. pounç'-ing, pr . par . & s. [POUNCE (2), v.] A. As pr . par .: (See the verb.) *B. As subst. ( pl .): Holes stamped in dre , by way of ornament. pouncing-machine, s. Hat-making: A machine for raising a nap upon hat-bodies by a grinding action. pound (1), *pund, s . [A. S. pund (s. & pl.), from Lat. pondo =a pound; prop. an adverb=by weight, and allied to pond us a weight, from pen do = to weigh; Dan., Sw., & Icel. pund ; Ger. pfund .] 1. A unit of weight. Pounds are of different kinds, 3207 pound-cake, subst . A rich sweet cake, so called from its being made of a pound, or equal quantities, of the several ingredients used. pound-foolish, s. [PENNY-WISE.] *pound-mele, adv . [A. S.] By the pound; per pound. *pound-pear, s. An old name for the Bon Chrétien pear. at a certain rate for each pound. ( Eng.) pound-rate, s. A rate, a e ment, or payment