Percontation. An enquiry. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, this is the first occurrence of the word in print.]

Along the narrow winding path between the great oak trees there rode a dark sallow man in a scarlet tabard who blew so loudly upon a silver trumpet that they heard the clanging call long before they set eyes on him.

You'll need a hammer to crack a black walnut.

The normal colour of the whole upper surface is rich metallic green, in some examples having a more æneous or golden-green tint.