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perching
perching
English
Verb
perching
- present participle of perch
Noun
perching (plural perchings)
- The act of something that perches.
- 1892, William James, The Stream of Consciousness
- When we take a general view of the wonderful stream of our consciousness, what strikes us first is the different pace of its parts. Like a bird's life, it seems to made of an alternation of flights and perchings.
- 1892, William James, The Stream of Consciousness
Etymology 2
From perch (“a rack over which cloth is suspended for inspection”).
Noun
perching (uncountable)
- (textiles) Inspection of cloth before finishing.