Percussed

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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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