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Percussing
(gcide) | Percuss \Per*cuss"\ (p[~e]r*k[u^]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Percussed; p. pr. & vb. n. Percussing.] [L. percussus, p.
p. of percutere; per + quatere to shake, strike. See
Quash.]
To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss
the chest in medical examination.
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Flame percussed by air giveth a noise. --Bacon.
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Repercussing
(gcide) | Repercuss \Re`per*cuss"\ (-k[u^]s"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Repercussed (-k?st");p. pr. & vb. n. Repercussing.] [L.
repercusus, p. p. of repercutere to drive back; pref. re- re-
+ percutere. See Percussion.]
To drive or beat back; hence, to reflect; to reverberate.
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Perceiving all the subjacent country, . . . to
repercuss such a light as I could hardly look against.
--Evelyn.
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