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Running through the entire length.

Running over slightly or in haste; cursory. [R.]

To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination. Flame percussed by air giveth a noise. Bacon.

The act of percussing, or striking one body against another; forcible collision, esp. such as gives a sound or report. Sir I. Newton.

Striking against; percutient; as, percussive force.

Striking; having the power of striking. -- n.

Of or pertaining to the family Perdicidæ, or partridges.

See Parde. Spenser.

A deciduous plant; -- opposed to Ant: evergreen. J. Barton.

e soul, or of final happiness in a future state; future misery or eternal death. The mere perdition of the Turkish fleet. Shak. If we reject the truth, we seal our own perdition. J. M. Mason.

Capable of being ruined; worthy of perdition. [R.] Pollok.

A genus of birds including the common European partridge. Formerly the word was used in a much wider sense to include many allied genera.

One placed on watch, or in ambush.

Lost to view; in concealment or ambush; close. He should lie perdue who is to walk the round. Fuller.

Treason.

Lost; thrown away. [Obs.] Abp. Bramhall.

Durability; lastingness. [Archaic] Chaucer.

Very durable; lasting; continuing long. [Archaic] Chaucer. Shak. -- Per*dur"a*bly, adv. [Archaic]

Long continuance. [Archaic]

To last or endure for a long time; to be perdurable or lasting. [Archaic] The mind perdures while its energizing may construct a thousand lines. Hickok.