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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.

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

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

Shell :: Shell (n.) A hollow projectile, of various shapes, adapted for a mortar or a cannon, and containing an explosive substance, ignited with a fuse or by percussion, by means of which the projectile is burst and its fragments scattered. See Bomb..

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.

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 This arm has been generally superseded by the rifle..

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..

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..

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

Pulsatile :: Pulsatile (a.) Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument..

Jar :: "Jar (n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed..

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..

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..

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

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..

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..

Ammunition :: Ammunition (n.) Articles used in charging firearms and ordnance of all kinds; as powder, balls, shot, shells, percussion caps, rockets, etc..

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.) In a vaginal examination, the act of imparting through the uterine wall with the finger a shock to the fetus, so that it bounds upward, and falls back again against the examining finger..

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