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Webster 1913 Edition

Percuss

Per-cuss′

(pẽr-kŭs′)
,
Verb.
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.

Per-cuss′

,
Verb.
I.
(Med.)
To strike or tap in an examination by percussion. See
Percussion
, 3.
Quain.

Webster 1828 Edition

Percuss

PERCUSS'

,
Verb.
T.
[L. percussus, from percutio, to strike.]
To strike. [Little used.]

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