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Primer :: Primer (n.) an instrument or device for priming; esp., a cap, tube, or water containing percussion powder or other compound for igniting a charge of gunpowder..

Echoscope :: Echoscope (n.) An instrument for intensifying sounds produced by percussion of the thorax.

Percussive :: Percussive (a.) Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force..

Snarl :: Snarl (v. t.) To form raised work upon the outer surface of (thin metal ware) by the repercussion of a snarling iron upon the inner surface.

Rebuff :: Rebuff (n.) Repercussion, or beating back; a quick and sudden resistance..

Percussing :: Percussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Percus.

Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Driven back; rebounding; reverberated.

Percuss :: Percuss (v. t.) To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination..

Marimba :: Marimba (n.) A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck..

Gunflint :: Gunflint (n.) A sharpened flint for the lock of a gun, to ignite the charge. It was in common use before the introduction of percussion caps..

Rhythm :: Rhythm (n.) A division of lines into short portions by a regular succession of arses and theses, or percussions and remissions of voice on words or syllables..

Percussion :: Percussion (n.) Hence: The effect of violent collision; vibratory shock; impression of sound on the ear.

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The act of driving back, or the state of being driven back; reflection; reverberation; as, the repercussion of sound..

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) Rapid reiteration of the same sound.

Repercussive :: Repercussive (n.) A repellent.

Percuss :: Percuss (v. i.) To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See Percussion, 3..

Strike :: Strike (v. i.) To sound by percussion, with blows, or as with blows; to be struck; as, the clock strikes..

Musket :: Musket (n.) A species of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army. It was originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted. This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle..

Disintegrator :: Disintegrator (n.) A machine for grinding or pulverizing by percussion.

Cardiometry :: Cardiometry (n.) Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation..

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