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[PERCH (2), 8., II. 3.] pērch (1), *pearch, v. i. & t. [PERCH (2), s.] A. In trans. To sit or roost as a bird; to settle on "Bedford's an eagle perch'd upon a tower." Drayton: Battle of Agin court. B. Transitive : 1. To set or place on, or as on a perch. "It would be notoriously perceptible, if you could perch yourself as a bird on the top of some high steeple." - More. 2. To occupy as a perch; to settle on. "An evening dragon came, A ailant on the perched roosts, Of tame villatic fowl." Milton : Samson Agonistes , 1,693. chin, bench; go, gem; thin, this; perciform *pērch (2), *perche, *persh, *persch, v . t . [Fr. percer to pierce (q. v.).] To pierce. *pērch (3), v . i. [A corrupt. or contract. of perish (q. v.).) To perish. per-çhançe', adv . [Fr. par =by, and chance = chance (q. v.).] Perhaps, peradventure, by chance. "Perchance he is not drowned." Shakesp.: Twelfth Night , i. 5. përçh'-ant, subst . [Fr., pr. par. of percher = to perch.] A bird tied by the foot for the purpose of decoying other birds by its fluttering. ( Wright .) përçhed, pa . par. or a. [PERCH (1), v.] (See compound.)