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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 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.
 5. Zool. A dogfish of Europe (Scyllium catulus).

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hound·fish n. Zool. Any small shark of the genus Galeus or Mustelus, of which there are several species, as the smooth houndfish (Galeus canis), of Europe and America; -- called also houndshark, and dogfish.
 Note:The European nursehound, or small-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium canicula; the rough houndfish, or large-spotted dogfish, is Scyllium catulus.  The name has also sometimes been applied to the bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix), and to the silver gar.