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AbrenounceAbrenounce Ab`re*nounce", v. t. [L. abrenuntiare; ab +
renuntiare. See Renounce.]
To renounce. [Obs.] ``They abrenounce and cast them off.'
--Latimer. Announcement
Announcement An*nounce"ment, n.
The act of announcing, or giving notice; that which
announces; proclamation; publication.
Announcer
Announcer An*noun"cer, n.
One who announces.
Bounce
Bounce Bounce, v. t.
1. To drive against anything suddenly and violently; to bump;
to thump. --Swift.
2. To cause to bound or rebound; sometimes, to toss.
3. To eject violently, as from a room; to discharge
unceremoniously, as from employment. [Collog. U. S.]
4. To bully; to scold. [Collog.] --J. Fletcher.
BounceBounce Bounce, n.
1. A sudden leap or bound; a rebound.
2. A heavy, sudden, and often noisy, blow or thump.
The bounce burst open the door. --Dryden.
3. An explosion, or the noise of one. [Obs.]
4. Bluster; brag; untruthful boasting; audacious
exaggeration; an impudent lie; a bouncer. --Johnson. De
Quincey.?
5. (Zo["o]l.) A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus). BounceBounce Bounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bouncing.] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce,
bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative
origin.]
1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden
noise; a knock loudly.
Another bounces as hard as he can knock. --Swift.
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
--Dryden.
2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound;
as, she bounced into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff. --Swift.
Bounced off his arm+chair. --Thackeray.
3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.] Bounce
Bounce Bounce, adv.
With a sudden leap; suddenly.
This impudent puppy comes bounce in upon me.
--Bickerstaff.
BouncedBounce Bounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bounced; p. pr. & vb. n.
Bouncing.] [OE. bunsen; cf. D. bonzen to strike, bounce,
bons blow, LG. bunsen to knock; all prob. of imitative
origin.]
1. To strike or thump, so as to rebound, or to make a sudden
noise; a knock loudly.
Another bounces as hard as he can knock. --Swift.
Against his bosom bounced his heaving heart.
--Dryden.
2. To leap or spring suddenly or unceremoniously; to bound;
as, she bounced into the room.
Out bounced the mastiff. --Swift.
Bounced off his arm+chair. --Thackeray.
3. To boast; to talk big; to bluster. [Obs.] Bouncer
Bouncer Boun"cer, n.
1. One who bounces; a large, heavy person who makes much
noise in moving.
2. A boaster; a bully. [Collog.] --Johnson.
3. A bold lie; also, a liar. [Collog.] --Marryat.
4. Something big; a good stout example of the kind.
The stone must be a bouncer. --De Quincey.
Denouncement
Denouncement De*nounce"ment, n. [Cf. OF. denoncement.]
Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation.
[Archaic]
False is the reply of Cain, upon the denouncement of
his curse. --Sir T.
Browne.
Denouncer
Denouncer De*noun"cer
.
One who denounces, or declares, as a menace.
Here comes the sad denouncer of my fate. --Dryden.
Enouncement
Enouncement E*nounce"ment, n.
Act of enouncing; that which is enounced.
Flounce
Flounce Flounce, n.
The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.
Flounce
Flounce Flounce, v. t.
To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a
petticoat or a frock.
FrounceFrounce Frounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frounced; p. pr. & vb.
n. Frouncing.] [OE. frouncen, fronsen, to told, wrinkle,
OF. froncier, F. froncer, perh. fr. an assumed LL. frontiare
to wrinkle the forehead, L. frons forehead. See Front, and
cf. Flounce part of a dress.]
To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form
wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.
Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont. --Milton. Frounce
Frounce Frounce, v. i.
To form wrinkles in the forehead; to manifest displeasure; to
frown. [Obs.]
The Commons frounced and stormed. -- Holland.
FrouncedFrounce Frounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Frounced; p. pr. & vb.
n. Frouncing.] [OE. frouncen, fronsen, to told, wrinkle,
OF. froncier, F. froncer, perh. fr. an assumed LL. frontiare
to wrinkle the forehead, L. frons forehead. See Front, and
cf. Flounce part of a dress.]
To gather into or adorn with plaits, as a dress; to form
wrinkles in or upon; to curl or frizzle, as the hair.
Not tricked and frounced, as she was wont. --Milton. Frounceless
Frounceless Frounce"less, a.
Without frounces. --Rom. of R.
JounceJounce Jounce, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Jounced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Jouncing.] [Cf. Jaunce.]
To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving
over obstructions. Jounce
Jounce Jounce, n.
A jolt; a shake; a hard trot.
JouncedJounce Jounce, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Jounced; p. pr. &
vb. n. Jouncing.] [Cf. Jaunce.]
To jolt; to shake, especially by rough riding or by driving
over obstructions. MispronounceMispronounce Mis`pro*nounce", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Mispronounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Mispronouncing.]
To pronounce incorrectly. MispronouncedMispronounce Mis`pro*nounce", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p.
Mispronounced; p. pr. & vb. n. Mispronouncing.]
To pronounce incorrectly. Pounce
Pounce Pounce, v. i.
To fall suddenly and seize with the claws; -- with on or
upon; as, a hawk pounces upon a chicken. Also used
figuratively.
Derision is never so agonizing as when it pounces on
the wanderings of misguided sensibility. --Jeffrey.
PouncePounce Pounce, n. [F. ponce pumice, pounce, fr. L. pumex,
-icis, pumice. See Pumice.]
1. A fine powder, as of sandarac, or cuttlefish bone, --
formerly used to prevent ink from spreading on manuscript. PouncePounce Pounce, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pounded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pouncing.]
To sprinkle or rub with pounce; as, to pounce paper, or a
pattern. PouncePounce Pounce, n. [Prob. through French, from an assumed LL.
punctiare to prick, L. pungere, punctum. See Puncheon,
Punch, v. t.]
1. The claw or talon of a bird of prey. --Spenser. Burke.
2. A punch or stamp. [Obs.] ``A pounce to print money with.'
--Withals.
3. Cloth worked in eyelet holes. [Obs.] --Homilies. Pounce box 2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making
patterns through perforated designs, -- used by
embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce.
Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing. Pounce paper 2. Charcoal dust, or some other colored powder for making
patterns through perforated designs, -- used by
embroiderers, lace makers, etc.
Pounce box, a box for sprinkling pounce.
Pounce paper, a transparent paper for tracing.
Meaning of Ounce from wikipedia
- The
ounce (/ˈaʊns/) is any of
several different units of m****, weight, or
volume and is
derived almost unchanged from the uncia, an
Ancient Roman unit...
- Look up
fluid ounce in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
fluid ounce (abbreviated fl oz, fl. oz. or oz. fl., old
forms ℥, fl ℥, f℥, ƒ ℥) is a unit of...
- Look up
ounce in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An
ounce is any of
several units of m****
Ounce may also be:
Ounce-force, a unit of force, one sixteenth...
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ounce (20 pennyweights), and the troy
pound (12 troy
ounces). The troy
grain is
equal to the
grain unit of the
avoirdupois system, but the troy
ounce...
- "More
Bounce to the
Ounce" is the
debut single by
American funk band Zapp. It is the
opening track on
their eponymous debut album and
serves as the album's...
- the
American vernacular, a forty-
ounce or
simply a
forty is a gl**** or
plastic bottle that
holds 40 US
fluid ounces (1,200 millilitres; 2+1⁄2 US pints)...
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survived as the
Byzantine liquid ounce (Gr****: οὐγγία, oungía) and the
origin of the
English inch,
ounce, and
fluid ounce. The
Roman inch was
equal to 1⁄12...
- as 1⁄6, 1⁄2, and 8
fluid ounces respectively. The
fluid ounce derives its name
originally from
being the
volume of one
ounce avoirdupois of water,[citation...
- and
grain being exactly the same in both. It
divides a
pound into 12
ounces, an
ounce into 8 drachms, and a
drachm into 3
scruples of 20
grains each. This...
-
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), is
where the
Latin name
uncia and the
English word
ounce both originate. Once is
believed to have
originated from a
previous form...
