percuss

Etymology
From, past participle of , from +.

Verb

 * 1)  To strike; to hit; to knock; to give a blow to.
 * 2) * c. 1619, John Ford (formerly attributed to and John Fletcher), , [Act II, Scene i], page 304:
 * Give me thy hand Gonzalo, thou art in our favour, / For we do love to cheriſh lofty ſpirits, / Such as percuſſe the Earth, and bound / With an erected countenance to the clouds.
 * 1)  To impact.
 * 2)  To attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface).
 * 3)  To attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface.
 * 1)  To attempt to divine the location or other quality of something by tapping on (an overlying surface).
 * 2)  To attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface.
 * 1)  To attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface.
 * 1)  To attempt to divine the location or other quality of (something) by tapping on an overlying surface.