pouncet-box

English

Etymology

Compare French poncette.

Noun

pouncet-box (plural pouncet-boxes)

A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfume
- Shakespeare, Henry IV Part I, 1.3.37-38
  And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held / A pouncet-box.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for pouncet-box in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

单词	pouncet-box
释义	pouncet-box English Etymology Compare French poncette. Noun pouncet-box (plural pouncet-boxes) A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfume Shakespeare, Henry IV Part I, 1.3.37-38 And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held / A pouncet-box. Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing. (See the entry for pouncet-box in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
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