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Having eight petals or flower leaves.

Having few petals.

Open time; -- applied to different things:

Placed in front of a petal.

A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.

A low wall, especially one serving to protect the edge of a platform, roof, bridge, or the like.

Growing by the side of a petal, as a stamen.

Having a parapet.

Having five petals, or flower leaves.

Surrounding, or situated about, the petals.

Capable of being perpetrated. R. North.

, commonly in a bad sense; to commit (as a crime, an offense); to be guilty of; as, to perpetrate a foul deed. What the worst perpetrate, or best endure. Young.

The act of perpetrating; a doing; -- commonly used of doing something wrong, as a crime.

One who perpetrates; esp., one who commits an offense or crime.

Capable of being perpetuated or continued. Varieties are perpetuable, like species. Gray.

ever or for an unlimited time; unfailing; everlasting; continuous. Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak. Perpetual feast of nectared sweets. Milton. Circle of perpetual apparition, or occultation. See under Circle. -- Perpetual calendar, a calendar so devised that it may be adjusted for any month or year. -- Per…

A calendar that can be used perpetually or over a wide range of years. That of Capt. Herschel covers, as given below, dates from 1750 to 1961 only, but is capable of indefinite extension.

In a perpetual manner; constantly; continually. The Bible and Common Prayer Book in the vulgar tongue, being perpetually read in churches, have proved a kind of standard for language. Swift.

The state or condition of being perpetual. [Obs.] Testament of Love.

Perpetuity. [Obs.]