Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- v. Present participle of perch.
- n. Inspection of cloth before finishing.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The operations performed on woolen cloth, as taken from the loom, preparatory to fulling. See perch, transitive verb, 2.
- Habitually using a perch; specifically, in ornithology, insessorial.
- n. In leather manufacturing, the process of stretching, as skins, on a perch.
Etymologies
Examples
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The bird has difficulty in perching and has to exert itself in order not to fall; the legs are spread through weakness, and the knee and ankle joint are bent.
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They were attacked by an upward-moving paralysis, they began to walk unsteadily, found difficulty in perching, and later lay down on their sides.
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I recall perching on ladders for hours on end as we peeled away the rotting ceiling and put up new plywood.
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With the exception of the aquatic tribes, what are called the perching birds will never cross the sea; and thus it is certain that they, as well as animals, must have existed on those islands before they were separated from the continent.
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They are members of the Passeriformes bird family, also known as the perching birds.
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Enriched colony systems provide hens with a wide range of behavioral opportunities such as perching, nesting and dust bathing.
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TGS 2009: Capps talks about missing 'perching' cover system from Gears of War 2 3 days ago on Joystiq Playstation:
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This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Nintendo gives you a pile of trash TGS 2009: Capps talks about missing 'perching' cover system from Gears of War 2 6 days ago on Joystiq Playstation:
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This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Nintendo gives you a pile of trash TGS 2009: Capps talks about missing 'perching' cover system from Gears of War 2 massive title update earlier today, adding a whole slew of oft-requested features to Harmonix's beefy music platform.
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PSP digital copies included with select Sony Pictures Blu-ray releases This Week on the Nintendo Channel: Nintendo gives you a pile of trash TGS 2009: Capps talks about missing 'perching' cover system from Gears of War 2
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