crepitation

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He has a great eye for detail, but he also has a touch of the epiphenomenal imbroglios: "we listened to the muffled crepitations coming from inside"; eyebrows "plicate" foreheads.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2012

All the plicating and muffled crepitations do jar a little with a band who featured in their line-up a man who kept time by repeatedly hitting himself over the head with a metal beer tray.

From The Guardian • Jun. 14, 2012

Each member of the orchestra has a totally different part, and the resulting sounds are more like electronic than man-made music�a succession of crepitations, squeaks, creaks and mutterings, punctuated by sudden rifle-like reports.

From Time Magazine Archive

He heard the crepitations of the fire, and even the hurried beatings of his own heart, as against a terrible and lovely hush of all created life.

From Domnei A Comedy of Woman-Worship by Cabell, James Branch

Experiments were made as to these vibrations, and it was proved that, after a little study, one could distinctly detect and recognise the crepitations in relation to each individual.

From Palmistry for All by Cheiro