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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pounce \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pound \Pound\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pounded}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Pounding}.] [OE. pounen, AS. punian to bruise. Cf. {Pun} a
      play on words.]
      1. To strike repeatedly with some heavy instrument; to beat.
  
                     With cruel blows she pounds her blubbered cheeks.
                                                                              --Dryden.
  
      2. To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break
            into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy
            instrument; as, to pound spice or salt.
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