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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F.

périssable

Liable to perish; subject to decay, destruction, or death;

as,

perishable

goods; our

perishable

bodies.

Adj.

Liable to perish; subject to decay and destruction. The bodies of animals and plants are perishable. The souls of men are not perishable.

Subject to speedy decay.

Property of a perishable nature saved from a wreck, may be sold within a year and a day.