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Webster 1913 Edition

Perch

Perch

(pẽrch)
,
Noun.
[F.
perche
, L.
pertica
.]
1.
A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat.
As chauntecleer among his wives all
Sat on his
perche
, that was in his hall.
Chaucer.
Not making his high place the lawless
perch

Of winged ambitions.
Tennyson.
2.
(a)
A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
(b)
In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
(c)
In solid measure: A mass 16½ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1½ feet in breadth, or 243⁄4 cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); – used in measuring stonework.
3.
A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

Perch

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Perched
(pẽrcht)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Perching
.]
[F.
percher
. See
Perch
a pole.]
To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
Wrens make prey where eagles dare not
perch
.
Shakespeare

Perch

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
2.
To occupy as a perch.
Milton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Perch

PERCH

,
Noun.
[L. perca.] A fish of the genus Perca. This fish has a deep body, very rough scales, an arched back, and prickly dorsal fins.

PERCH

,
Noun.
[L. pertica.]
1.
A pole; hence, a roost for fowls, which is often a pole; also, any thing on which they light.
2.
A measure of length containing five yards and a half; a rod. In the popular language of America, rod is chiefly used; but rod,pole, and perch, all signifying the same thing, may be used indifferently.

PERCH

,
Verb.
I.
To sit or roost; as a bird.
1.
To light or settle on a fixed body; as a bird.

PERCH

,
Verb.
T.
To place on a fixed object or perch.

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