the Week of Proper 4 / Ordinary 9
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Perch
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.
(2):
(n.) 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.
(3):
(n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.
(4):
(n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.
(5):
(n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
(6):
(n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); - used in measuring stonework.
(7):
(n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
(8):
(v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.
(9):
(v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
(10):
(v. t.) To occupy as a perch.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Perch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/perch.html. 1828.
