Place for a bird to roost
Publish date: 2024-08-21
| • | 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). |
| • | 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. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole. |
| • | In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach. |
| • | To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. |
| • | To place or to set on, or as on, a perch. |
| • | To occupy as a perch. |
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