percher : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: percher	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for percher
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
percher n a person situated on a perch a bird with feet adapted for perching (as on tree branches); this order is now generally abandoned by taxonomists Synonym(s): Insessores, order Insessores, perching bird, percher
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Percher \Perch"er\, n. [From {Perch}, v. i.] 1. One who, or that which, perches. --J. Burroughs. 2. One of the Insessores. 3. [From {Perch} a pole.] A Paris candle anciently used in England; also, a large wax candle formerly set upon the altar. [Obs.] --Bailey.