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(1):

(n.) Any one of numerous species of spiny-finned fishes belonging to the Percidae, Serranidae, and related families, and resembling, more or less, the true perches.

(2):

(n.) 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.

(3):

(n.) A measure of length containing five and a half yards; a rod, or pole.

(4):

(n.) In land or square measure: A square rod; the 160th part of an acre.

(5):

(n.) Any fresh-water fish of the genus Perca and of several other allied genera of the family Percidae, as the common American or yellow perch (Perca flavescens, / Americana), and the European perch (P. fluviatilis).

(6):

(n.) In solid measure: A mass 16/ feet long, 1 foot in height, and 1/ feet in breadth, or 24/ cubic feet (in local use, from 22 to 25 cubic feet); - used in measuring stonework.

(7):

(n.) A pole connecting the fore gear and hind gear of a spring carriage; a reach.

(8):

(v. i.) To alight or settle, as a bird; to sit or roost.

(9):

(v. t.) To place or to set on, or as on, a perch.

(10):

(v. t.) To occupy as a perch.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Perch'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/perch.html. 1828.
 
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