† percussionern.
Obsolete.
1. A person employed in percussioning firearms.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > specific processes
hardener1796
percussioner1854
flaker1879
1854 Times 26 June 10/4 It is the percussioners, screwers, finishers, &c., who are now meeting to arrange an alteration of present rates [of pay among gun-makers].
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 250 In the days of muzzle-loaders the percussioner's branch was a very important one.
2. An instrument used in percussive massage. rare.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical appliances or equipment > other medical equipment > [noun] > instruments used in massage
flesh-glove1818
percussioner1887
roulette1887
switch1887
massager1940
massage roulette1969
1887 D. Maguire Art of Massage (ed. 4) ii. 32 They use..the properly called percussioner,..a bundle of birch branches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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