At that moment the lid of the tankard seemed to disconnect in midair, spinning sideways as it ricocheted off the post of carved mastic wood at the top of the stairs.
High, dark thunderheads had risen up in the south, and already spatters of heavy tropical rain ricochetedoff the shattered railing of the quartergallery.
Because of that, they ricochetedmuch more readily, and where they struck they made a much more ghastly wound.
He's picked up a ricocheted bullet an' is staring at it.
The fragmentation of the missile, through its contact with the bone, indicates the great striking force of a missile which ricocheted from the bone.
Two metallic fragments lying over the fibula were probably additional missiles detached from the ball as it ricocheted near the wound.
The wound could have been caused by either a ricocheted rifle bullet or by a deformed shrapnel ball, either projectile being the low velocity of long range.
The force of impact on the object from which it ricochetedmust have been contributed by the velocity of short range, which reduced the striking energy so greatly that the bullet was lodged by the resistance of the tibia and fibula.
It is probable that a larger mass of the shrapnel ball, causing the greater damage to the bone, ricocheted out of the wound.
This is another evidence that does not defend the inference that ricocheted missiles are prone to introduce elements of infection into a wound.
The missile was a fragment of a ricocheted rifle ball, with a part of the lead core carried in a portion of the jacket.
He oftenricocheted from the inside to the outside of the pavement to get a nearer view of a passing hansom whose occupant had faintly resembled Lily.
Arrived in the hall it hurled itself blindly against Leonie's ankles, and ricocheted on to its master's boots, where it essayed a pas seul on its hind legs in its efforts to reach the strong brown hand.
He whirled to check the caravan behind him, and at that moment an arrow ricochetedoff the pole of the cart and ripped cleanly through the side of his jerkin.
Even from the hilltop he could hear the clang of steel as the barbs ricocheted off their armor.
They struck the flagstones, bounded off, chipped the bricks of the far wall, ricocheted from those, buzzed in all directions, and generally behaved in a manner calculated to unman the stoutest hearted.
A third struck the wall above our heads and ricocheted off into the night.
Suddenly a splinter ricocheted far up the valley, and now, even if he recovers, he will have only one foot to wash.
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