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pouncer
▪ I. pouncer1 (ˈpaʊnsə(r)) [f. pounce v.1 + -er1.] One who or that which pounces; † a pouncing tool.1552 Huloet, Pouncer, anaglypharius. 1598 Florio, Punzone..a goldsmiths pouncer or pounce. Ibid., Siggéllo, a kinde of pouncer goldsmiths vse. 1611 Ibid., Bulino, a kind of pouncer that grauers vse.▪ ...
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pouser
† ˈpoucer, ˈpouser Obs. rare. [ME. (?) or AF. pousere, pousir = F. poucier thumb-stall, f. pouce thumb + -ier, -ier. Misread (with n for u) by modern editors as ponser(e, ponsir, and entered in some dicts. as pouncer.] In the mediæval church in England, A small cap or thimble of gold or silver worn ...
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thumb-stall
ˈthumb-stall a. A shoemaker's or sailmaker's thimble (see quot. 1794).1589 Nashe Martin's Months Minde Wks. (Grosart) I. 196 Farewell old shoes, thombe stall, and clouting lether. 1755 Johnson, Thumstall, a thimble. 1794 Rigging & Seamanship I. 90 Thumb-stall, a ferrule, made of iron, horn, or leath...
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