Perigee

per'i-je, n. jispr the point of moon's usually shoiltnul to Wig. [O. Dut. peruyk orbit nearest the earth, [From Gi pen, near, Fi. ptrruque, a peiuhc See Peruke. the earth Periwinkle, pei 'i-wingk-l, a genus of binding Perihelion, per-i-hc'h-on, Per i helium, pei-i-he'- or ciecping evergreen plants, growing in woods. Ii-uin, K. the point of the orbit of a planet nr [M K Pttiankt, through A pcrumcie, from comet nearest to the sun oppuaxl to Aphe- L pa ettua. railed also vim a-pervima, conn, lion. [Gr. pen, neat, Julios, the sun with vin. to bind Peril, per'il, n exposuic to danger dangci v Periwinkle, pcrVwingk-1, a small univalve to expose todangei —pr perilling pa and mollusc [Corrupted by confusion with preced- J. pap. perhUcd. at. a tnal pa ed through, Kr mg trom A.-S. pinewincla nunclc, a whelk, ppril— L penculu»t root of pent us. tried, ciprov E. pin-patch, prob because eaten with a pen or, to try, akin to Gr petrao, to try. perao, pm to pa through, cog with Fare, Perjure, per'joor, v t to swear falsely 'followed — Perilous, per'il-us, ad full of peril dangerous by a reciprocal pronoun Per'jurer. Fr adv. Perilously.—n Per'ilousne — L perjure -pen same as E. for in For- Perimeter, per-nn e-t«*r, ^tom the circuit or swear and./tt'C, to swear.] boundary of any plane figure, or sum of all its Perjury, pcrjui-i, n. false swearing: \law'\ the sides —adj. Penmet'ncal. pertaining to the act wilfully giving false evidence on au oath, perimeter [Lit. the ineasuic round about, [L pe*jurium\ Gr. per i metros—pen around, melt on. measure Perk, perk, adj trim, spruce —v t to make smart Period, p£'n-ud, the time in which anything or trim -v.i to hold up the head with smart performed \astr the time occupied by a hotly ne [W pore, pert, trim, smart. Sec Pert.] in its revolution a stated and lecumng inicival Permanence, per'ma-nens, Permanency, -ncn-si, of tune; a senes of years length of dui anon «. slate or quality of lining permanent: couthe time at which anything ends eou--lu.su m unuance m the same state duration {gram.) a inaik at the end of a sentence Permanent, oer'ma-ncnt, adj lasting: durable. {rhet.) a complete sentence*, bee Date, Epoch, adv. Permanently. [Fr. — L permanent, Era. [Lit. a ‘going round,’ a cncuit,’ Fr. -ent is, pr p. ofpe/manco—per, through, maneo, ppriode-" L p, nodus -Gr. penodos, a going to continue. round pen, around, hodos, a way.] Permeable, pcr'mc-a-bl, adj. that may be per- Periodic, pe-n-od’ik Periodical, pe-ri-odhk-al, mealed — adv Por'meably. u. Permeability. adj pertaining to a pci iod happening by revo- [Fr — L permeabths luttoit occulting at regular intervals: pertain- Permeate, per'me-ut, v.t. to pa through the ing to periodicals -adv. Periodically. pores of: to penetrate and pa through. n.