perfuncturate (perfungkturat)

t.; pret. and pp. perfuncturated, ppr. perfuncturating. [Irreg. perfuse perfuse (per-fūz'), r. t.; pret. and pp. perfused, ppr. perfusing. [ These dregs immediately perfuse the blood with melancholy. 4395 Pergamene Art.- Part of the Athene group from the great frieze of the altar at Pergamum. half of the third century B. C., over the threatening advance of barbarism represented by Gallic invasions. The work of this school is remarkably able, and much more modern in spirit than older Greek work; and it has a force and originality which raise it far above contemporaneous Hellenistic art. Previous to 1878 the art of Pergamum was known by a number of detached fragments from battle-pieces, scattered throughout European museums; some of these have long figured in the list of the most notable ancient sculptures as the Dying Gaul ("Gladiator") in the Capitol, and the "Arria and Pætus" in the Villa Ludovisi, at Rome. - Pergamene marbles. See marble. pergameneous (per-ga-mēnē-us), a. [L. per gamēna, parchment (see parchment ), + -eous.] Pergamentaceous; thin and parchment-like in texture; specifically, in entom., thin, tough, and somewhat translucent, as the wing-covers of some orthopterous insects. Pergamenian (per-ga-me'ni-an), a. and n. [ mum. pergamentaceous (per"ga - men - tā'shius), a. [Irreg. for * pergamenaceous,