Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - perch
Perch
perch
1. n. & v. --n. 1 a usu. horizontal bar, branch, etc. used by a bird to rest on. 2 a usu. high or precarious place for a person or thing to rest on. 3 a measure of length, esp. for land, of 51/2 yards (see also ROD, POLE). --v.intr. & tr. (usu. foll. by on) settle or rest, or cause to settle or rest on or as if on a perch etc. (the bird perched on a branch; a town perched on a hill). Phrases and idioms knock a person off his perch 1 vanquish, destroy. 2 make less confident or secure. square perch 301/4 sq. yards. Etymology: ME f. OF perche, percher f. L pertica pole 2. n. (pl. same or perches) any spiny-finned freshwater edible fish of the genus Perca, esp. P. fluviatilis of Europe. Etymology: ME f. OF perche f. L perca f. Gk perke
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin pertica pole Date: 14th century a bar or peg on which something is hung, 2. a roost for a bird, a resting place or vantage point ; seat, a prominent position , rod 2, II. verb Date: 14th century intransitive verb to alight, settle, or rest on a ~, a height, or a precarious spot, transitive verb to place on a ~, a height, or a precarious spot, III. noun (plural ~ or ~es) Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Anglo-French, from Latin perca, from Greek perkē; akin to Old High German faro colored, Latin porcus, a spiny fish Date: 14th century 1. a small European freshwater bony fish (Perca fluviatilis of the family Percidae, the ~ family), yellow ~, any of numerous bony fishes (as of the families Percidae, Centrarchidae, and Serranidae) ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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