perch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perch	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for perch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perch n support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird) a linear measure of 16.5 feet Synonym(s): perch, rod, pole a square rod of land Synonym(s): perch, rod, pole an elevated place serving as a seat any of numerous fishes of America and Europe spiny-finned freshwater food and game fishes any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of various families of the order Perciformes v sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree" Synonym(s): perch, roost, rest to come to rest, settle; "Misfortune lighted upon him" Synonym(s): alight, light, perch cause to perch or sit; "She perched her hat on her head"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rod \Rod\, n. [The same word as rood. See {Rood}.] 1. A straight and slender stick; a wand; hence, any slender bar, as of wood or metal (applied to various purposes). Specifically: (a) An instrument of punishment or correction; figuratively, chastisement. He that spareth his rod hateth his son. --Prov. xiii. 24. (b) A kind of sceptor, or badge of office; hence, figuratively, power; authority; tyranny; oppression. [bd]The rod, and bird of peace.[b8] --Shak. (c) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole. --Gay. (d) (Mach. & Structure) A member used in tension, as for sustaining a suspended weight, or in tension and compression, as for transmitting reciprocating motion, etc.; a connecting bar. (e) An instrument for measuring. 2. A measure of length containing sixteen and a half feet; -- called also {perch}, and {pole}. {Black rod}. See in the Vocabulary. {Rods and cones} (Anat.), the elongated cells or elements of the sensory layer of the retina, some of which are cylindrical, others somewhat conical.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprat \Sprat\, n. [OE. sprot, sprotte, D. sprot; akin to G. sprotte.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small European herring ({Clupea sprattus}) closely allied to the common herring and the pilchard; -- called also {garvie}. The name is also applied to small herring of different kinds. (b) A California surf-fish ({Rhacochilus toxotes}); -- called also {alfione}, and {perch}. {Sprat borer} (Zo[94]l.), the red-throated diver; -- so called from its fondness for sprats. See {Diver}. {Sprat loon}. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The young of the great northern diver. [Prov. Eng.] (b) The red-throated diver. See {Diver}. {Sprat mew} (Zo[94]l.), the kittiwake gull.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perch \Perch\ (p[etil]rch), n. [Written also {pearch}.] [OE. perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. pe`rkh; cf. perkno`s dark-colored, Skr. p[rsdot][cced]ni spotted, speckled, and E. freckle.] (Zo[94]l.) 1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family {Percid[91]}, as the common American or yellow perch ({Perca flavescens, [or] Americana}), and the European perch ({P. fluviatilis}). 2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the {Percid[91]}, {Serranid[91]}, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches. {Black perch}. (a) The black bass. (b) The flasher. (c) The sea bass. {Blue perch}, the cunner. {Gray perch}, the fresh-water drum. {Red perch}, the rosefish. {Red-bellied perch}, the long-eared pondfish. {Perch pest}, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch. {Silver perch}, the yellowtail. {Stone}, [or] {Striped}, {perch}, the pope. {White perch}, the {Roccus, [or] Morone, Americanus}, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perch \Perch\, v. t. 1. To place or to set on, or as on, a perch. 2. To occupy as a perch. --Milton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perch \Perch\, n. [F. perche, L. pertica.] 1. 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. As chauntecleer among his wives all Sat on his perche, that was in his hall. --Chaucer. Not making his high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions. --Tennyson. 2. (a) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole. (b) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre. (c) In solid measure: A mass 16[frac12] feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1[frac12] feet in breadth, or 24[frac34] cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); -- used in measuring stonework. 3. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perch \Perch\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Perched}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Perching}.] [F. percher. See {Perch} a pole.] To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. --Shak.