Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A bag of unsized muslin filled with pulverized charcoal, black or red chalk, black-lead, or pounce of any other kind, used to transfer a design from one surface to another by dusting through holes pierced along the lines of the design to be reproduced.
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Examples
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They watched with amazement as she ran the pricking-wheel over the penciled design, then laid the now-perforated paper on a piece of fabric and used the pounce-bag along the lines of the design, tapping it expertly and firmly on the paper.
The Gates Of Sleep Lackey, Mercedes 2002
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A pounce-bag consists of a piece of fairly open woven muslin filled with a mixture of French chalk and finely-powdered whiting; the muslin is tied up with a piece of thin twine like the mouth of a flour sack.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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After sawing the dovetails in this manner the sides are placed in their respective positions on the drawer fronts or backs, and marked with a pounce-bag or by using the saw-blade method.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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Other workers prefer a pounce-bag instead of a saw.
Woodwork Joints How they are Set Out, How Made and Where Used. William Fairham
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A humble woman, Mrs. Edkins, speaks of his spending all his holidays in the little den of a room we have mentioned, where he _locked_ himself in, and would remain the entire day without meals, returning with his hands and face completely begrimed with dirt and charcoal; and she well remembers his having a charcoal pounce-bag and parchment and letters on
The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 Various
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