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k; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest.

A white crystalline resinous substance extracted from gutta- percha by the action of alcohol or ether.

A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.

A group of perching birds which are anisodactylous.

One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.

or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.

Adventure; hap. [Obs.] In aunters, perchance.

The common perch. See 1st Bass. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

de of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

A perching bird of India, of the genus Eurylaimus.

A spotted European fish of the genus Lucioperca, resembling a perch.

A genus of large perching birds; the hornbills.

- Buffalo bird (Zoöl.), an African bird of the genus Buphaga, of two species. These birds perch upon buffaloes and cattle, in search of parasites. -- Buffalo bug, the carpet beetle. See under Carpet. -- Buffalo chips, dry dung of the buffalo, or bison, used for fuel. [U.S.] -- Buffalo clover (Bot.), a kind of clover…

d species of Sapota and Mimusops. Most of them yield a substance closely resembling gutta-percha.

By chance; perchance. Gray.

odilla (Sapota zapotilla). It is more plastic than caoutchouc and more elastic than gutta-percha, as an adulterant of which it is used in England. It is used largely in the United States in making chewing gum.

p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. Climbing fern. See under Fern. -- Climbing perch. (Zoöl.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.

A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.

A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.