Difference between revisions of "Pounce"
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| − | " | + | "A finely ground powder, generally prepared from [[gum sandarac]] mixed with pumice or cuttlefish bone. Originally, it was used to prevent ink from spreading on unsized paper or over an erasure, as well as to prepare vellum to take writing ink."<ref name="Etherington"> [http://cool.conservation-us.org/don/dt/dt2655.html] Roberts, Matt T. and Etherington. "Pounce". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. 1994. Web. 19 August 2014.</ref> |
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Noun
"A finely ground powder, generally prepared from gum sandarac mixed with pumice or cuttlefish bone. Originally, it was used to prevent ink from spreading on unsized paper or over an erasure, as well as to prepare vellum to take writing ink."<ref name="Etherington"> [1] Roberts, Matt T. and Etherington. "Pounce". Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books, A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology. 1994. Web. 19 August 2014.</ref>
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