percussedadj.
/pəˈkʌst/, U.S. /pərˈkəst/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > having tail > having tail in specific position
cowardc1500
percussed1572
reverberant1572
percussant1688
reboundant1688
1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 42 [Lions] are borne... Their tayles forked,..descendante, percussed, and contercoloured.
1889 C. N. Elvin Dict. Heraldry 100/2 Percussant, or Percussed, a term applied to the tail of an animal when lying on the back or side.
2. Struck, tapped, knocked.
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1895 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Plessigraph, a special form of Pleximeter..designed to reduce the percussed surface to a minimum.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media vii. 65 The percussed victims of the new technology.
1999 RN (Nexis) 1 Sept. 61 A late sign that indicates the presence of large amounts of air in the percussed area.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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