Per‐cu″tient (?), a. [L. percutiens, p. pr. of percutere. See Percuss.] Striking; having the power of striking. — n. That which strikes, or has power to strike. Bacon.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.