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Percussion :: Percussion (n.) The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report..

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

Lock :: Lock (n.) That part or apparatus of a firearm by which the charge is exploded; as, a matchlock, flintlock, percussion lock, etc..

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.

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

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

Hammer :: Hammer (n.) That part of a gunlock which strikes the percussion cap, or firing pin; the cock; formerly, however, a piece of steel covering the pan of a flintlock musket and struck by the flint of the cock to ignite the priming..

Repercussed :: Repercussed (imp. & p. p.) of Repercus.

Repercussion :: Repercussion (n.) The subsidence of a tumor or eruption by the action of a repellent.

Repercussing :: Repercussing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repercus.

Drum :: Drum (n.) An instrument of percussion, consisting either of a hollow cylinder, over each end of which is stretched a piece of skin or vellum, to be beaten with a stick; or of a metallic hemisphere (kettledrum) with a single piece of skin to be so beaten; the common instrument for marking time in martial music; one of the pair of tympani in an orchestra, or cavalry band..

Recapper :: Recapper (n.) A tool used for applying a fresh percussion cap or primer to a cartridge shell in reloading it.

Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Repellent.

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

Repercussive :: Repercussive (n.) A repellent.

Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To impair, waste, or diminish, by continual attrition, scraping, percussion, on the like; to consume gradually; to cause to lower or disappear; to spend..

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

Cap :: Cap (n.) A percussion cap. See under Percussion.

Triangle :: Triangle (n.) An instrument of percussion, usually made of a rod of steel, bent into the form of a triangle, open at one angle, and sounded by being struck with a small metallic rod..

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..

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