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Definition of Percussion cap
1. Noun. A detonator that explodes when struck.
Terms within: Fulminate Of Mercury, Fulminating Mercury, Mercury Fulminate
Definition of Percussion cap
1. Noun. a metal cap found on muzzleloading firearms that contains chemical substances such as fulminate that explode upon impact ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Percussion Cap
Literary usage of Percussion cap
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"... it often enables us more accurately to determine the exact organ or structure
involved. used for the service caps consists of percussion cap. ..."
2. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"Explosion of the percussion cap. —A Second Pistol Snapped.—Jackson Raises His
Cane Fiercely.—Lion-Like Energy of the Old Hero. •—Is with Difficulty Kept ..."
3. The Judicial Dictionary, of Words and Phrases Judicially Interpreted: To by Frederick Stroud (1903)
"100, may be done by presenting a loaded gun barrel at him and discharging it by
striking the percussion cap on it with some hard substance, ..."
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