Ounce vs. Pounce
Ouncenoun
An avoirdupois ounce, weighing 16 of an avoirdupois pound, or 28.3495 grams.
Ouncenoun
A troy ounce, weighing 12 of a troy pound, or 480 grains, or 31.1035 grams.
Ouncenoun
A US fluid ounce, with a volume of 16 of a US pint, 1.8047 cubic inches or 29.5735 millilitres.
Ouncenoun
A British imperial fluid ounce, with a volume of 20 of an imperial pint, 1.7339 cubic inches or 28.4131 millilitres.
Ouncenoun
A little bit.
Ouncenoun
A large wild feline, such as a lynx or cougar.
Ouncenoun
Now specifically, the snow leopard, Uncia uncia.
Ouncenoun
A weight, the sixteenth part of a pound avoirdupois, and containing 28.35 grams or 437½ grains.
Ouncenoun
The twelfth part of a troy pound; one troy ounce weighs 31.103486 grams, 8 drams, or 480 grains.
Ouncenoun
Fig.: A small portion; a bit.
Ouncenoun
A feline quadruped (Felis irbis syn. Felis uncia) resembling the leopard in size, and somewhat in color, but it has longer and thicker fur, which forms a short mane on the back. The ounce is pale yellowish gray, with irregular dark spots on the neck and limbs, and dark rings on the body. It inhabits the lofty mountain ranges of Asia. Called also once.
Ouncenoun
a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound
Ouncenoun
a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams
Ouncenoun
large feline of upland central Asia having long thick whitish fur
Ounce
The ounce is the name of several different units of mass, weight, or volume used in most British derived customary systems of measurement. The common avoirdupois ounce (approximately 28.3 g) is 1⁄16 of a common avoirdupois pound; this is the United States customary and British imperial ounce.
Pouncenoun
(historical) A type of fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, sprinkled over wet ink to dry the ink after writing or on rough paper to smooth the writing surface.
Pouncenoun
(historical) Charcoal dust, or some other coloured powder for making patterns through perforated designs, used by embroiderers, lacemakers, etc.
Pouncenoun
A sudden leaping attack.
Pouncenoun
The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
Pouncenoun
A punch or stamp.
Pouncenoun
Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
Pounceverb
(transitive) To sprinkle or rub with pounce powder.
Pounceverb
(intransitive) To leap into the air intending to seize someone or something.
Pounceverb
(intransitive) To attack suddenly by leaping.
Pounceverb
(intransitive) To eagerly seize an opportunity.
Pounceverb
(transitive) To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
Pounceverb
(transitive) To stamp holes in; to perforate.
Pouncenoun
A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, - formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript.
Pouncenoun
Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making patterns through perforated designs, - used by embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
Pouncenoun
The claw or talon of a bird of prey.
Pouncenoun
A punch or stamp.
Pouncenoun
Cloth worked in eyelet holes.
Pounceverb
To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a pattern.
Pounceverb
To strike or seize with the talons; to pierce, as with the talons.
Pounceverb
To punch; to perforate; to stamp holes in, or dots on, by way of ornament.
Pounceverb
To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; - with on or upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used figuratively.
Pouncenoun
the act of pouncing
Pounceverb
move down on as if in an attack;
