percylite (persilit)

[Named after J. Percy, an English chemist and metallurgist.) A rare mineral occurring in sky-blue cubes: it is an oxy chlorid of copper. perdet, interj. Same as pardy. Chaucer. perdendo, perdendosi (per-den'dō, -dō-sē), a. [It., ppr. of perdere, lose (see perdition ); si, itself, L. se, itself.] In music, dying away; diminishing in loudne : practically the same as morendo. Perdicidæ (pėr-dis'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., a Perdicinæ (pėr-di-sīnē), n. pl. [NL., 0 plode a percu ion-cap on the nipple g. The spring holds the plunger in engagement with the detent till the instant of impact. percu ion-grinder (perkush'on-grinder), n. A machine for crushing quartz or other hard material by a proce of combined Percu ion-fuse. rubbing and pounding. E. H. Knight. percu ion-gun (per-kush'on-gun), n. A gun discharged by means of a percu ion-lock. percu ion-hammer (per-kush'on-ham"ér), n. A small hammer used in percu ion for diag nostic purposes. percu ion-lock (pėr-kush'on-lok), n. A kind of lock for a gun, in which a hammer strikes upon a percu ion-cap placed over the nipple, and ignites the charge-or the cap may be attached to the cartridge, and exploded by a striker without the aid of a nipple. A