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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
CONCUSSION, n. [L., to shake, or shatter. The primary sense is to beat, to strike, or to beat in pieces, to bruise, to beat down.]
A shaking
or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two
bodies.
It is believed that great ringing of bells, in
populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from
the concussion of the air. A condition of lowered
functional activity, without visible structural change, produced
in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a
concussion of the brain.
The unlawful
forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something
of value.
Then concussion, rapine, pilleries, Concussion fuse (Mil.), one that is ignited by the concussion of the shell when it strikes. Syn. -- See Shock. | ||||||||