perching
present participle of perch
perching (plural perchings)
The act of something that perches.
perching (uncountable)
(textiles) Inspection of cloth before finishing.
Source: Wiktionary
Perch, n. [Written also pearch.] Etym: [OE. perche, F. perche, L. perca, fr. Gr. p spotted, speckled, and E. freckle.] (Zoöl.)
1. Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidæ, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, or Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).
2. Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidæ, Serranidæ, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches. Black perch. (a) The black bass. (b) The flasher. (c) The sea bass.
– Blue perch, the cunner.
– Gray perch, the fresh-water drum.
– Red perch, the rosefish.
– Red-bellied perch, the long-eared pondfish.
– Perch pest, a small crustacean, parasitic in the mouth of the perch.
– Silver perch, the yellowtail.
– Stone, or Striped, perch, the pope.
– White perch, the Roccus, or Morone, Americanus, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.
Perch, n. Etym: [F. perche, L. pertica.]
1. A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat. As chauntecleer among his wives all Sat on his perche, that was in his hall. Chaucer. Not making his high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions. Tennyson.
2. (a) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole. (b) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre. (c) In solid measure: A mass 16
3. A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.
Perch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Perched; p. pr. & vb. n. Perching.] Etym: [F. percher. See Perch a pole.]
Definition: To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost. Wrens make prey where eagles dare not perch. Shak.
Perch, v. t.
1. To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.
2. To occupy as a perch. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 November 2024
(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
