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Definition of the day : « percussion »

  • noun drumming
Example sentences :
  • He saw a spark, heard the bang of the percussion cap, but there was nothing more.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • His other burdens were his packet of percussion caps, his blanket, and his crutches.
  • Extract from : « Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) » by Charles Morris
  • If it goes round to the percussion of the hand it indicates jealousy.
  • Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan
  • This second crow was full of fire, and daring, and challenge, and percussion.
  • Extract from : « The History of The Hen Fever » by George P. Burnham
  • Auscultation and percussion show that the internal organs are normal.
  • Extract from : « Pedagogical Anthropology » by Maria Montessori
  • I say trebled, for my powder and the percussion combined have more than trebled the velocities.
  • Extract from : « Gunnery in 1858 » by William Greener
  • This was the strike-a-light, or percussion, method of making a fire.
  • Extract from : « Stories of Useful Inventions » by Samuel Eagle Foreman
  • These backwoodsmen were much interested by all our effects, and were particularly struck with our percussion guns and rifles.
  • Extract from : « Travels in the Interior of North America, 1832-1834, Part III (the Text Being Chapters XXVIII-XXXIII of the London Edition, 1843, and the Appendix a Combination of the Appendices of the London and German [Coblentz, 1839] Editions) » by Maximilian, Prinz von Wied
  • First the match-lock, wheel-lock, flint-lock, percussion lock.
  • Extract from : « The Modern Pistol and How to Shoot It » by Walter Winans
  • Percussion, auscultation, and exploration are also available methods.
  • Extract from : « Special Report on Diseases of Cattle » by U.S. Department of Agriculture