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perch

1

[ purch ]

noun

  1. a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
  2. any place or object, as a sill, fence, branch, or twig, for a bird, animal, or person to alight or rest upon.
  3. a high or elevated position, resting place, or the like.
  4. a small, elevated seat for the driver of any of certain vehicles.
  5. a pole connecting the fore and hind running parts of a spring carriage or other vehicle.
  6. a post set up as a navigational aid on a navigational hazard or on a buoy.
  7. British.
    1. a linear or square rod.
    2. a measure of volume for stone, about 24 cubic feet (0.7 cubic meters).
  8. Textiles. an apparatus consisting of two vertical posts and a horizontal roller, used for inspecting cloth after it leaves the loom.
  9. Obsolete. any pole, rod, or the like.


verb (used without object)

  1. to alight or rest upon a perch.
  2. to settle or rest in some elevated position, as if on a perch.

verb (used with object)

  1. to set or place on or as if on a perch.
  2. to inspect (cloth) for defects and blemishes after it has been taken from the loom and placed upon a perch.

perch

2

[ purch ]

noun

plural (especially collectively) perch, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) perches.
  1. any spiny-finned, freshwater food fish of the genus Perca, as P. flavescens yellow perch, of the U.S., or P. fluviatilis, of Europe.
  2. any of various other related, spiny-finned fishes.
  3. any of several embioticid fishes, as Hysterocarpus traski tule perch of California.

perch

1

/ ±èɜ˳Ùʃ /

noun

  1. a pole, branch, or other resting place above ground on which a bird roosts or alights
  2. a similar resting place for a person or thing
  3. another name for rod
  4. a solid measure for stone, usually taken as 198 inches by 18 inches by 12 inches
  5. a pole joining the front and rear axles of a carriage
  6. a frame on which cloth is placed for inspection
  7. obsolete.
    a pole
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. usually foll by on to alight, rest, or cause to rest on or as if on a perch

    the cap was perched on his head

    the bird perched on the branch

  2. tr to inspect (cloth) on a perch
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

perch

2

/ ±èɜ˳Ùʃ /

noun

  1. any freshwater spiny-finned teleost fish of the family Percidae, esp those of the genus Perca, such as P. fluviatilis of Europe and P. flavescens ( yellow perch ) of North America: valued as food and game fishes
  2. any of various similar or related fishes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ±è±ð°ù³¦³ó±ð°ù, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±è±ð°ù³¦³ó·²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of perch1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English perche, perdge, preche, from Old French, from Latin pertica “pole, staff, measuring rodâ€

Origin of perch2

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English perche, from Middle French, from Latin perca, from Greek ±èé°ù°ìŧ, feminine of adjective ±èé°ù°ì´Ç²õ “having dark spots, spotted, speckledâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of perch1

C13 perche stake, from Old French, from Latin pertica long staff

Origin of perch2

C13: from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Greek ±è±ð°ù°ìŧ; compare Greek perkos spotted
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Questions remain whether this is The Bench, for the three interchangeable perches were treated equally as they were carted about.

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