Webster's Dictionary 1913

2863

Peritropous

Per‐it″ro‐pous (?), a. Peritropal.

2864

Perityphlitis

‖Per′i‐typh‐li″tis (?), n. [NL. See Peri-, and Typhlitis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the connective tissue about the cæcum.

2865

Periuterine

Per′i‐u″ter‐ine (?), a.(Med.) Surrounding the uterus.

2866

Perivascular

Per′i‐vas″cu‐lar (?), a. Around the blood vessels; as, perivascular lymphatics.

2867

Perivertebral

Per′i‐ver″te‐bral (?), a.(Anat.) Surrounding the vertebræ.

2868

Perivisceral

Per′i‐vis″cer‐al (?), a.(Anat.) Around the viscera; as, the perivisceral cavity.

2869

Perivitelline

Per′i‐vi‐tel″line (?), a. [Pref. peri- + vitelline.] (Biol.) Situated around the vitellus, or between the vitellus and zona pellucida of an ovum.

2870

Periwig

Per″i‐wig (pĕr″ĭ‐wĭg), n. [OE. perrwige, perwicke, corrupt. fr. F. perruque; cf. OD. peruyk, from French. See Peruke, and cf. Wig.] A headdress of false hair, usually covering t...

2871

Periwig (2)

Per″i‐wig, v. t. [imp. & p. p.Perwigged (–wĭgd); p. pr. & vb. n.Perwigging (?).] To dress with a periwig, or with false hair. Swift.

2872

Periwinkle

Per″i‐win′kle (?), n. [From AS. pinewincla a shellfish, in which pine- is fr. L. pina, pinna, a kind of mussel, akin to Gr. �. Cf. Winkle.] (Zoöl.) Any small marine gastropod sh...

2873

Periwinkle (2)

Per″i‐win′kle, n. [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca.] (Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.☞ The common perwinkle (Vinca minor) has opposite evergreen leaves and...

2874

Perjenet

Per″jen‐et (?), n. [Cf. Pear, and Jenneting.] A kind of pear. Chaucer.

2875

Perjure

Per″jure (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Perjured (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Perjuring.] [F. parjurer, L. perjurare, perjerare; per through, over + jurare to swear. See Jury.] 1. To cause to v...

2876

Perjure (2)

Per″jure, n. [L. perjurus: cf. OF. parjur, F. parjure.] A perjured person. Shak.

2877

Perjured

Per″jured (?), a. Guilty of perjury; having sworn falsely; forsworn. Shak. “Perjured persons.” 1 Tim. i. 10. “Their perjured oath.” Spenser.

2878

Perjurer

Per″jur‐er (?), n. One who is guilty of perjury; one who perjures or forswears, in any sense.

2879

Perjurious

{ Per‐ju″ri‐ous (?), Per″ju‐rous (?), } a. [L. perjuriosus, perjurus.] Guilty of perjury; containing perjury. Quarles. B. Johnson.

2880

Perjury

Per″ju‐ry (?), n.; pl.Perjuries (#). [L. perjurium. See Perjure, v.] 1. False swearing.2. (Law) At common law, a willfully false statement in a fact material to the issue, made ...

2881

Perk

Perk (pẽrk), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Perked (pẽrkt); p. pr. & vb. n.Perking.] [Cf. W. percu to trim, to make smart.] To make trim or smart; to straighten up; to erect; to make a jaun...

2882

Perk (2)

Perk, v. i. To exalt one's self; to bear one's self loftily. “To perk over them.” Barrow.To perk it, to carry one's self proudly or saucily. Pope.

2883

Perk (3)

Perk, a. Smart; trim; spruce; jaunty; vain. “Perk as a peacock.” Spenser.

2884

Perk (4)

Perk, v. i. To peer; to look inquisitively. Dickens.

2885

Perkin

Per″kin (?), n. A kind of weak perry.

2886

Perkinism

Per″kin‐ism (?), n.(Med.) A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, — first employed...

2887

Perky

Perk″y (?), a. Perk; pert; jaunty; trim.There amid perky larches and pines. Tennyson.

2888

Perlaceous

Per‐la″ceous (?), a. [See Pearl.] Pearly; resembling pearl.

2889

Perlid

Per″lid (?), n.(Zoöl.) Any insect of the genus Perla, or family Perlidæ. See Stone fly, under Stone.