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[Pref. peri-, and English visceral (q. v.).] Anat .: Applied to the space surrounding the viscera. It is often divided into compartments by vertical lamelle between the body walls and the digestive sac of the Actinozoa. pěr'-1-wig, *per-e-wig, *per-re-wig, *per-riwig, *per-wick, *per-wicke, *per-wig, *perwigge, s . [O. Dut. peruyk , from Fr. perruque a peruke (q. v.).] A peruke, a wig. [WIG, 8.] *periwig-pated, a. Wearing a periwig or wig. pěr-1-wig, v. t. [PERIWIG, 8.] To dre in a wig or anything resembling a wig. "Nor with Dubartas bridle up the floods, And periwig with wool the baldpate woods." Dryden: Art of Poetry, i. pěr-1-win-kle (1), per-ri-win-kle, *pěr-Iwin-cle, s . [A corrupt. of A. S. pinewincle , perhaps from Lat. pinna , pina =a muscle, and A. S. wincla =a winkle.] Zoology : 1. Sing.: The genus Littorina (q.v.). Littorina littorea is the common periwinkle. "The periwincle, prawn, the cockle, and the shrimp." Drayton: Polyolbion, s. 25. 2. Pl .: The family Littorinide. pěr-i-win-kle (2), *per-venke, *per-vinke, s . [A. S. pervince , from Lat. per vinca , vinca per vinca , from vincio =to bind; Fr. pervenche.] Bot.: The genus Vinca (q. v.). "Through primrose tufts, in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trail'd its wreaths." Words worth: In Early Spring. *per-i-wink'-ling, a. [Eng. periwinkl(e); -ing.] Winding; as the periwinkle twines round plants. "The per i winkling porch that winding leads From my close chamber to your lordship's cell." Brewer: Lingua , iv. 2. *per-jen-ete, *per-gene-te, *per-i-on-ette, s. (First element Mid. Eng. pere =pear; second, the same as GENITING (q. v.).] A variety of early ripening pear; a geniting. *per-ju-rā-tion, s . [English perjur (e); -ation .] Perjury. ( Fox , in Maitland : E ays on Reform, p. 533.) per-jūre, *par-jure, *per-jewre, v . t . [French parjurer , se parjurer = to forswear one's self, from Lat. perjuro =to forswear; perjurus = a perjured person, from per- , used in a bad sense (as Eng. for in forswear), and juro =to swear; O. Fr. perjurer ; Sp. & Port. pergurar ; Ital. pergiurare .] *1. To cause to swear falsely; to make perjured or forsworn. 2. To swear falsely. 3. Reflex .: To forswear; to swear falsely to an oath in judicial proceedings; as, He has perjured himself. *4. To make a false oath to; to swear falsely to. (J. Fletcher .) *per-jūre, s . [O. Fr. (Fr. parjure ); Sp. & Port. perjuro , from Lat. perjurus .] [PERJURE, v.] A perjured person. "Why, he comes in like a perjure, wearing papers." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost, iv. 3. per-jüred, pa.par & a. [PERJURE, v.] A. As pa . par .: (See the verb.) B. As adjective : 1. Having sworn falsely; forsworn. 2. Sworn falsely. "From my forehead wipe a perjured note; For none offend where all alike do dote." Shakesp.: Love's Labor's Lost , iv. 3. IMG:content-0907.png:[blocks in formation] administered. *per-jür-I-oŭs, *per'-jūr-ous, a . [Lat. perjuri osus , from perjurus .] [PERJURE, v.] Guilty of perjury; perjured; containing perjury. "Puffing their souls away in perjurous air." Ben Jonson: Every Man out of his Humor. (Induct.)