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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An amended spelling of periphery.

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Examples

  • This is a perfect addition to woodland borders on the perifery of your lawn.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Pooky 2008

  • This is a perfect addition to woodland borders on the perifery of your lawn.

    A NATIVE DEER-RESITANT AZALEA TO TREASURE Pooky 2008

  • Croat infantry can be used in two manners: first, as small parties of raiders causing havoc in the little conflicts and skirmishes that occured frequently along the supply routes and rear areas of the enemy lines; and secondly, on the perifery of the battlefield in areas where they could seek cover.

    Archive 2008-01-01 Der Alte Fritz 2008

  • The town of Pettstadt is an actual locale that is located on the perifery of the site where Frederick the Great defeated the French at Rossbach.

    Archive 2007-10-01 Der Alte Fritz 2007

  • In my mind, "carinate" means that there is a distinct thickening of the shell carbonate along the perifery, not just a sharp change in curvature angular.

    Anguispira alternata angulata AYDIN 2007

  • At the time it was something like, a perifery, or something, you know, somebody who’s on the boundaries, of like a county.

    The Fall 1999

  • If such an emulsion is rotated quickly, the heavier particles will move farther to the perifery than the lighter ones.

    The Nobel Stamps of 1983 1983

  • It was at some point during her speech that something happened on the perifery and many were distracted enough to rush to the barriers surrounding the event.

    Tundra Tabloids....... KGS 2010

  • The string could have been moved around the perifery of the hole in the door to determine where Frederick could have been standing to fire the shot, or conversely, to confirm if the re-enactor was accurately positioned.

    Waldo's Virginia Political Blogroll 2009

  • Those things happening on the perifery have nothing to do with it, "he said.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

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