A blow with the hand.
A clout nail.
The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
Influence or effectiveness, especially political.
A home run.
To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout.
To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole.
To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree.
To hit, especially with the fist.
To join or patch clumsily.
The outer side of the hand.
The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
The sound so produced.
The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.