Hypertext Webster Gateway: "percussing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Percuss \Per*cuss"\, 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.
Flame percussed by air giveth a noise. --Bacon.
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