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

Nipple :: Nipple (n.) Any small projection or article in which there is an orifice for discharging a fluid, or for other purposes; as, the nipple of a nursing bottle; the nipple of a percussion lock, or that part on which the cap is put and through which the fire passes to the charge..

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

Echo :: Echo (n.) A sound reflected from an opposing surface and repeated to the ear of a listener; repercussion of sound; repetition of a sound.

Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To explore, as the bladder or urethra, with a sound; to examine with a sound; also, to examine by auscultation or percussion; as, to sound a patient..

Capsule :: Capsule (n.) A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc..

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

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

Repercuss :: Repercuss (v. t.) To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate..

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

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..

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

Capper :: Capper (n.) An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.

Replication :: Replication (n.) Return or repercussion, as of sound; echo..

Pleximeter :: Pleximeter (n.) A small, hard, elastic plate, as of ivory, bone, or rubber, placed in contact with body to receive the blow, in examination by mediate percussion..

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

Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Repellent.

Repercussive :: Repercussive (a.) Tending or able to repercuss; having the power of sending back; causing to reverberate.

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

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

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